Motility and chemotaxis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens surface attachment and biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8005-8014

  Merritt, Peter M ^a   Danhorn, Thomas ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TIME FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36549088197     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00566-07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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