Effect of a waaL mutation on lipopolysaccharide composition, oxidative stress survival, and virulence in Erwinia amylovora: RESEARCH LETTER

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-87

  Berry, Matthew C ^a   Mcghee, Gayle C ^a   Zhao, Youfu ^b   Sundin, George W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire blight; O antigen; Oxidative burst; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSON; WAAL GENE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASES; PYRUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYRUS;

EID: 58149295479     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01438.x     Document Type: Article

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