Biofilm formation by plant-associated bacteria

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2007, Pages 401-422

  Danhorn, Thomas ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Endophyte; Epiphyte; Exopolysaccharide; Quorum sensing; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CARBOHYDRATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMMENSAL; ENDOPHYTE; EPIPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 35348825386     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093316     Document Type: Review

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