Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii exhibits surface motility, which is a critical aspect of stewart's wilt disease development on maize

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1359-1370

  Herrera, Carmen M ^a   Koutsoudis, Maria D ^a   Wang, Xiaolei ^a   Von Bodman, Susanne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Erwinia stewartii; EsaI EsaR; Virulence; Xylem dissemination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PANTOEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

BIOFILMS; FLAGELLA; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; PANTOEA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 54949118699     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-10-1359     Document Type: Article

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