The eroded genome of a Psychotria leaf symbiont: Hypotheses about lifestyle and interactions with its plant host

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2757-2769

  Carlier, Aurelien L ^a   Eberl, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BURKHOLDERIA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOTRIA; SYMBIOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BURKHOLDERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHOTRIA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; CANDIDATUS BURKHOLDERIA KIRKII; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA KIRKII; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 84867228409     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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