Contribution of nitrate assimilation to the fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae B728a on plants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 678-687

  Smith, Audrey Parangan ^a,b   Lindow, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAN PLANTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEAF SURFACES; NITRATE ASSIMILATION; NITRATE LEVELS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN SOURCES; NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS; POPULATION SIZES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

EID: 84871904349     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02511-12     Document Type: Article

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