Genome sequence of the curdlan-producing Agrobacterium sp. strain ATCC 31749

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4294-4295

  Ruffing, Anne M ^a   Castro Melchor, Marlene ^b   Hu, Wei Shou ^b   Chen, Rachel R ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURDLAN;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

BETA-GLUCANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM SP.; AGROBACTERIUM SP. ATCC 31749;

EID: 79961145355     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05302-11     Document Type: Note

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