Attachment of bacteria to the roots of higher plants

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Rodríguez Navarro, Dulce N ^a   Dardanelli, Marta S ^b,c,d   Ruíz Saínz, José E ^d  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attachment; Lectins; Plant growth promoters; Rhizobium; Surface polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CELLULOSE; GLUCAN; LECTIN;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CEREAL; FLAGELLUM; HOST; LEGUME; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 34447504994     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00761.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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