The histidine utilization (hut) genes of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 are active on plant surfaces, but are not required for competitive colonization of sugar beet seedlings

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1867-1875

  Zhang, Xue Xian ^a,b,c   George, Andrew ^a   Bailey, Mark J ^b   Rainey, Paul B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN HUTT; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERMICULITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; SUGAR BEET; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA VULGARIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECOMBINASES; SEEDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 33745236638     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28731-0     Document Type: Article

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