The type III secretion system of biocontrol Pseudomonas fluorescens KD targets the phytopathogenic chromista Pythium ultimum and promotes cucumber protection

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 991-1001

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

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHROMISTA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 23844481118     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-0991     Document Type: Article

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