Which specificity in cooperation between phytostimulating rhizobacteria and plants?

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 500-510

  Drogue, Benoît ^a,b   Doré, Hugo ^a,b   Borland, Stéphanie ^a,b   Wisniewski Dyé, Florence ^a,b   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Adherence; Chemotaxis; Cooperation; Host specificity; Plant genotype; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; GENOTYPE; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 84867635922     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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