Formation of polar bundles of pili and the behavior of Azospirillum brasilense cells in a semiliquid agar

Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 570-575

  Shelud'ko, A V ^a   Katsy, E I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Phenotypic variation; Polar bundle of pili; Twitching motility

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644547885     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012364323315     Document Type: Article

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