Phenotypic variation of Pseudomonas brassicacearum as a plant root-colonization strategy

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 872-879

  Achouak, Wafa ^a   Conrod, Sandrine ^a   Cohen, Valérie ^a   Heulin, Thierry ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Co localization; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS BRASSICACEARUM;

EID: 3242710636     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.8.872     Document Type: Article

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