Effects of pssB mutation on surface polysaccharides and symbiotic phenotype of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Kutkowska, Jolanta ^a   Janczarek, Monika ^a   Kopcińska, Joanna ^b   Urbanik Sypniewska, Teresa ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide; Inositol monophosphatase; Lipopolysaccharide; PssB protein; Rhizobium leguminosarum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 40649105344     PISSN: 00015296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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