Twitching motility of Ralstonia solanacearum requires a type IV pilus system

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3215-3229

  Liu, H ^a   Kang, Y ^a   Genin, S ^a   Schell, M A ^a   Denny, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell movement; Bacterial wilt; Fimbriae; Pili

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REGULATOR GENE; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0035215819     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-12-3215     Document Type: Article

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