Adaptation of Pseudomonas fluorescens to the plant rhizosphere

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-257

  Rainey, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PANTOTHENIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COSMID; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COSMIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033140434     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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