Importance of pfkA for rapid growth of Enterobacter cloacae during colonization of crop seeds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-91

  Roberts, D P ^a   Dery, P D ^a   Yucel, I ^a,b   Buyer, J S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Patent and Trademark Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CORN; CUCUMBER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT SEED; SUNFLOWER;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 0033986217     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.87-91.2000     Document Type: Article

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