Type IV pili are required for virulence, twitching motility, and biofilm formation of acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 909-920

  Bahar, Ofir ^a   Goffer, Tal ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANTALOUPE; COMAMONADACEAE; FIMBRIA; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE; WATERMELON; XYLEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CITRULLUS; COMAMONADACEAE; CUCUMIS MELO; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; VIRULENCE; XYLEM;

ACIDOVORAX AVENAE SUBSP. CITRULLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS;

EID: 67650485218     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-8-0909     Document Type: Article

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