Identification of a novel ABC transporter required for desiccation tolerance, and biofilm formation in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-340

  Vanderlinde, Elizabeth M ^a   Harrison, Joe J ^b   Muszyński, Artur ^c   Carlson, Russell W ^c   Turner, Raymond J ^b   Yost, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Biofilm; Cell envelope; Desiccation; Exopolysaccharide; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; DESICCATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DESICCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DESICCATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FABACEAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE 3841;

EID: 76049109198     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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