Endofungal bacterium controls its host by an hrp type III secretion system

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-261

  Lackner, Gerald ^a   Moebius, Nadine ^a   Hertweck, Christian ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; Endofungal bacteria; Microbial interactions; Rhizopus; Symbiosis; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SECRETION; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BURKHOLDERIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RHIZOPUS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BURKHOLDERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RHIZOPUS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; ENDOBACTERIA; FUNGI; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS;

EID: 78751571196     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.126     Document Type: Article

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