Spontaneous gac mutants of Pseudomonas biological control strains: Cheaters or mutualists?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7227-7235

  Driscoll, William W ^a   Pepper, John W ^a,b   Pierson III, Leland S ^c   Pierson, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; ENHANCED GROWTH; EXTRACELLULAR METABOLITES; GACS/GACA; MUTUALISTIC INTERACTION; NATURAL POPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS; PUBLIC GOODS; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS; WILD TYPES;

BIOCONTROL; BIOFILMS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GACA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LEMA PROTEIN, BACTERIAL; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EXPLOITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MUTATION; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; PHENAZINES; PSEUDOMONAS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82955169503     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00679-11     Document Type: Article

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