Social interactions and distribution of bacillus subtilis pherotypes at microscale

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1756-1764

  Stefanic, Polonca ^a   Mandic Mulec, Ines ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMQ GENE; DESERT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GYRA GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 63049134274     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01290-08     Document Type: Article

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