Twitching motility and biofilm formation are associated with tonB1 in Xylella fastidiosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Cursino, Luciana ^a   Li, Yaxin ^a   Zaini, Paulo A ^a   De La Fuente, Leonardo ^a   Hoch, Harvey C ^a   Burr, Thomas J ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; TonB; Twitching; Virulence; Xylella fastidiosa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TONB1 GENE; TWITCHING MOTILITY; WILD TYPE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VITIS; XYLELLA;

XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 70349248239     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01747.x     Document Type: Article

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