Extracellular protease of Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0, a biocontrol factor with activity against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5646-5649

  Siddiqui, Imran Ali ^a   Haas, Dieter ^b   Heeb, Stephan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PROTEINS;

EGG HATCHING; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS CHA0; SOYBEAN INFECTION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

PROTEINASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENZYME; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL;

APRA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GACA GENE; GENE MUTATION; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS CHA0; ROOT KNOT NEMATODE; SOYBEAN; TOMATO;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EXOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOYBEANS; TYLENCHOIDEA;

GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 25144442319     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5646-5649.2005     Document Type: Article

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