Biocontrol of tomato wilt disease by Bacillus subtilis isolates from natural environments depends on conserved genes mediating biofilm formation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 848-864

  Chen, Yun ^a,b,c   Yan, Fang ^a,b   Chai, Yunrong ^c   Liu, Hongxia ^a,b   Kolter, Roberto ^d   Losick, Richard ^c   Guo, Jian Hua ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Engineering Center of Bioresource Pesticide in Jiangsu Province   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CHINA; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; TOMATO;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; CHINA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 84874669110     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02860.x     Document Type: Article

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