Autoinduction in Erwinia amylovora: Evidence of an acyl-homoserine lactone signal in the fire blight pathogen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3206-3213

  Molina, Lázaro ^a,c   Rezzonico, Fabio ^a   Défago, Geneviève ^a   Duffy, Brion ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; HOMOSERINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTONE; OXYGEN RADICAL; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOSENSOR; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAMI GENE; EAMR GENE; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FIRE BLIGHT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTONES; MALUS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PYRUS COMMUNIS; ROSACEAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 17644383289     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3206-3213.2005     Document Type: Article

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