Surface characteristics of Azospirillum brasilense in relation to cell aggregation and attachment to plant roots

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-110

  Burdman, Saul ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Azospirillum; Azospirillum brasilense; Flocculation; Root attachment

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CELL AGGREGATION; FLOCCULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 0033936201     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410091154200     Document Type: Review

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