Effects of N-starvation and C-source on Bradyrhizobium japonicum exopolysaccharide production and composition, and bacterial infectivity to soybean roots

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Quelas, Juan Ignacio ^a   López García, Silvina L ^a   Casabuono, Adriana ^b   Althabegoiti, M Julia ^a   Mongiardini, Elías J ^a   Pérez Giménez, Julieta ^a   Couto, Alicia ^b   Lodeiro, Aníbal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; EPS; Infectivity; Nitrogen; Soybean; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE; MALIC ACID; MANNITOL; MANNOSE; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARBON; HEXOSES; MALATES; MANNITOL; NITROGEN; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33746416138     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0127-3     Document Type: Article

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