Inositol catabolism, a key pathway in sinorhizobium meliloti for competitive host nodulation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7972-7980

  Kohler, Petra R A ^a   Zheng, Jasmine Y ^a   Schoffers, Elke ^a   Rossbach, Silvia ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATABOLIC PATHWAY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYO-INOSITOL; NODULATION; SCYLLO-INOSITOL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; WILD TYPES;

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION;

SUGARS;

BACTERIAL DNA; INOSITOL;

ALFALFA; BACTERIUM; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; OXIDATION;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INOSITOL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 78650398743     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01972-10     Document Type: Article

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