Pseudomonas corrugata contains a conserved N-acyl homoserine lactone quorum sensing system; its role in tomato pathogenicity and tobacco hypersensitivity response

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-234

  Licciardello, Grazia ^a,b   Bertani, Iris ^c   Steindler, Laura ^c   Bella, Patrizia ^b   Venturi, Vittorio ^c   Catara, Vittoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Della Sicilia   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acyl homoserine lactone; Hypersensitivity response; Microbial antagonism; Pseudomonas corrugate; Quorum sensing; Tomato pith necrosis

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FRUIT; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOBACCO;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA;

EID: 34447523624     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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