Mutations that disrupt either the pqq or the gdh gene of Rahnella aquatilis abolish the production of an antibacterial substance and result in reduced biological control of grapevine crown gall

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6792-6803

  Yan, Bin Guo ^a   Li, Jinyun ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Chen, Fan ^a,b   Wu, Wenliang ^a   Wang, Jianhui ^a   Wang, Huimin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bureau of Fuzhou Landscape Architecture   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL SUBSTANCE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; COMPLEMENTATION; DELETION MUTANTS; DNA LIBRARY; GENES CODING; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; IN-VITRO; OPEN READING FRAME; PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE LEVELS;

BIOCONTROL; DNA; GLUCOSE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION;

GENES;

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; WILD POPULATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN GALL; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; ENTEROBACTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GRAPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS; RHIZOBIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT TUMORS; PQQ COFACTOR; RAHNELLA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNTENY; VITIS;

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS; VITIS;

EID: 70350520165     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00902-09     Document Type: Article

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