Extracellular polysaccharides are involved in the attachment of Azospirillum brasilense and Rhizobium leguminosarum to arbuscular mycorrhizal structures

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-49

  Bianciotto, V ^a   Andreotti, S ^b   Balestrini, R ^a   Bonfante, P ^a,b   Perotto, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Diportimento di Biologia Végétale dell'Università   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Extracellular polysaccharides; Mycorrhizal fungi; PGPR; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; ZYGOMYCETES;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 0035223188     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1612     Document Type: Article

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