Phase variation and genomic architecture changes in Azospirillum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 5364-5373

  Vial, Ludovic ^a   Lavire, Céline ^a   Mavingui, Patrick ^a   Blaha, Didier ^a,b   Haurat, Jacqueline ^a   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a   Bally, René ^a   Wisniewski Dyé, Florence ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM IRAKENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COSMID; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPLICON;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM IRAKENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33746605249     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00521-06     Document Type: Article

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