Characterization of swarming motility in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Tambalo, Dinah D ^a   Yost, Christopher K ^b   Hynes, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Hyperflagellation; Swarming

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL DENSITY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBON; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIDASE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952656543     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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