Exopolysaccharides favor the survival of Erwinia amylovora under copper stress through different strategies

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 549-555

  Ordax, Mónica ^a   Marco Noales, Ester ^a   López, María M ^a   Biosca, Elena G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amylovoran; Carbon source; Copper; Fire blight; Levan; Metal complexing; VBNC state

Indexed keywords

AMYLOVORAN; COPPER; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LEVAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CARBON SOURCE; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COPPER; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FRUCTANS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA;

EID: 77956289053     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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