Biofilm formation, epiphytic fitness, and canker development in Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1222-1230

  Rigano, Luciano A ^a   Siciliano, Florencia ^b   Enrique, Ramón ^b   Sendín, Lorena ^c   Filippone, Paula ^c   Torres, Pablo S ^a   Qüesta, Julia ^b   Dow, J Maxwell ^d   Castagnaro, Atilio P ^c   Vojnov, Adrián A ^a   Marano, María Rosa ^b  

^a Fundacion Pablo Cassara   (Argentina)

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

^c Estacion Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Citrus limon; EPS; GFP labeled X. axonopodis pv. Citri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRUS FRUIT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CITRUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI;

EID: 34548681625     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-10-1222     Document Type: Article

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