The Ecological Significance of Biofilm Formation by Plant-Associated Bacteria

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2003, Pages 429-453

  Morris, Cindy E ^a   Monier, Jean Michel ^b  

^a INRA   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Biological control; Microbial aggregates; Phyllosphere; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; PLANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242658599     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.41.022103.134521     Document Type: Review

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