Repression of the Antifungal activity of Pseudomonas sp. Strain DF41 by the stringent response

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5635-5642

  Manuel, Jerrylynn ^a   Berry, Chrystal ^a   Selin, Carrie ^a   Fernando, W G Dilantha ^a   de Kievit, Teresa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; GUANOSINES; INTRACELLULAR POOL; LIPOPEPTIDES; MUTANT PHENOTYPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PROTEASE ACTIVITIES; PSEUDOMONAS SP; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SYNTHETASES; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE LEVELS;

BACTERIA; BIOCONTROL; BIOMOLECULES; LAKES; RESTORATION;

FUNGI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3',5' POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE 3',5'-POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; LIGASE; LIPOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; MUTATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WILD POPULATION;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATOR GENE;

ANTIBIOSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; LIGASES; LIPOPEPTIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 80052608677     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02875-10     Document Type: Article

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