Isolation of salt-sensitive mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti strain Rm1021

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2049-2059

  Miller Williams, Mark ^a   Loewen, Peter C ^a   Oresnik, Ivan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NEOMYCIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN FABG; PROTEIN SMC00717; PROTEIN SMC02909; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIGGER FACTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT TOLERANCE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; WILD TYPE;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33746042989     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28937-0     Document Type: Article

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