Controlled synthesis of the DSF cell-cell signal is required for biofilm formation and virulence in Xanthomonas campestris

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2101-2109

  Torres, Pablo S ^a   Malamud, Florencia ^a   Rigano, Luciano A ^a   Russo, Daniela M ^b   Marano, María Rosa ^c   Castagnaro, Atilio P ^d   Zorreguieta, Angeles ^b   Bouarab, Kamal ^e   Dow, John Maxwell ^f   Vojnov, Adrián A ^a  

^a Fundacion Pablo Cassara   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; QUORUM SENSING; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; QUORUM SENSING; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 34447311438     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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