NorM, an Erwinia amylovora Multidrug Efflux Pump Involved in In Vitro Competition with Other Epiphytic Bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 693-703

  Burse, Antje ^a   Weingart, Helge ^a   Ullrich, Matthias S ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOISTURE; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RNA; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BLOSSOMS; EPIPHYTIC COMMUNITY; FIRE BLIGHT;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BERBERINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEIN NORM; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIPHYTE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FIRE BLIGHT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BERBERINE; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ETHIDIUM; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORFLOXACIN; PANTOEA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSACEAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYDONIA OBLONGA; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 2342621395     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.693-703.2004     Document Type: Article

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