Twitching motility among pathogenic Xylella fastidiosa isolates and the influence of bovine serum albumin on twitching-dependent colony fringe morphology

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-208

  Galvani, Cheryl D ^a   Li, Yaxin ^a   Burr, Thomas J ^a   Hoch, Harvey C ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Bovine serum albumin; Pierce's disease; Twitching motility

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWITCHING MOTILITY; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; LOCOMOTION; PLANT DISEASES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; VITIS; XYLELLA;

BOVINAE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 33846954761     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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