Role of RpoS in virulence and stress tolerance of the plant pathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3547-3556

  Andersson, Robert A ^a   Kõiv, Viia ^b   Norman Setterblad, Cecilia ^a   Pirhonen, Minna ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Catalase; Competition; Extracellular enzymes; Pathogenicity; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATALASE; GLYCOGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0042705183     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-12-3547     Document Type: Article

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