Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis is important for Mesorhizobium tianshanense: Plant host interaction

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-530

  Wang, Peng ^a   Zhong, Zengtao ^b   Zhou, Jing ^a   Cai, Tao ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Exopolysaccharide production; Mesorhizobium tianshanense; Nodulation

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; HOST; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM TIANSHANENSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; MESORHIZOBIUM TIANSHANENSE;

EID: 42449111949     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0345-3     Document Type: Article

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