Friend or foe: Genetic and functional characterization of plant endophytic Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 764-779

  Kumar, A ^a,d   Munder, A ^b   Aravind, R ^c,e   Eapen, S J ^c   Tummler B ^b   Raaijmakers, J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH   (India)

^d INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLACK PEPPER; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; TOMATO; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOPHTHORA; PIPER NIGRUM; PLANT SHOOTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PIPER NIGRUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS;

EID: 84874721706     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12031     Document Type: Article

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