Importance of organosulfur utilization for survival of Pseudomonas putida in soil and rhizosphere

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6571-6577

  Mirleau, Pascal ^a   Wogelius, Roy ^a   Smith, Andrew ^b   Kertesz, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DESULFURIZATION; ESTERS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MUTANTS; PLANT ROOTS; SULFATE ESTERS;

SULFUR;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASFA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; FOREST SOIL; GENE MUTATION; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHIZOSPHERE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SFTR GENE; SOIL; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TOMATO;

ARYLSULFONATES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESTERS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 32044457491     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.6571-6577.2005     Document Type: Article

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