Effect of stress on the ability of a phlA-based quantitative competitive PCR assay to monitor biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 686-690

  Rezzonico, Fabio ^a   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^b   Défago, Geneviève ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES;

STATIONARY PHASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PACKAGING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHLOROGLUCINOL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0346666694     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.686-690.2003     Document Type: Article

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