Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity is important for colonization of seeds and roots by Enterobacter cloacae

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2150-2159

  Roberts, Daniel P ^a   McKenna, Laurie F ^a   Lohrke, Scott M ^a   Rehner, Stephen ^a   de Souza, Jorge T ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Colonization; Rhizosphere; Spermosphere

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

COLONIZATION; E. CLOACAE GENES; RHIZOSPHERE; SPERMOSPHERE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; GROWTH RESPONSE; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENZYMES; PLANTS; ROOTS; SEEDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HELIANTHUS; PISUM SATIVUM; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34248589256     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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