Proximity of Agrobacterium to living plant tissues induces conversion to a filamentous bacterial form

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 250-255

  Finer, K R ^a   Larkin, K M ^a   Martin, B J ^a   Finer, J J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Bacterial morphology; Filamentous form; Swarming; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM GROWTH; CELL SIZE; COCULTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANT TISSUE; WILD RELATIVE;

EID: 0035048419     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990100315     Document Type: Article

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