Hydrogen cyanide synthesis and antifungal activity of the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens in5 from Greenland is highly dependent on growth medium

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-390

  Michelsen, Charlotte Frydenlund ^a   Stougaard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Expression; Hydrogen cyanide; Medium dependence

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ANTAGONISM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANIDE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; INHIBITION; MUTAGENICITY; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE; FUNGI; GREENLAND; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MICONAZOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

FUNGI; LURIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 84859305882     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W2012-004     Document Type: Article

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