An integrated view of biofilm formation in rhizobia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Rinaudi, Luciana V ^a   Giordano, Walter ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Exopolysaccharides; Legume roots; Rhizobia; Rhizosphere; Soil

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; DESICCATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LEGUME; MESORHIZOBIUM HUAKUII; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SHORT SURVEY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76349106405     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01840.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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