Spontaneous non-rdar mutations increase fitness of Salmonella in plants

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-458

  Zaragoza, William J ^a   Noel, Jason T ^a   Teplitski, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84864009494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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