Bacterial endophytes and their interactions with hosts

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 827-837

  Rosenblueth, Mónica ^a   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a Centro de Ciencias Genómicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Pathogenic bacteria; Plant bacteria; Plant colonization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 33746264880     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-0827     Document Type: Review

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