Isolation of transposon mutants and characterization of genes involved in biofilm formation by Pseudomonas fluorescens TC222

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Nian, Hongjuan ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Song, Fuping ^a   Fan, Liqiang ^a   Huang, Dafang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Complementation; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Semi quantitative reverse transcription PCR analysis; Tn5 mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE SIGNAL PEPTIDE A; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN FLIR; PROTEIN RFBD; PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSHYDROGENASE A; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 34547747428     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0235-8     Document Type: Article

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