Pathogenicity and virulence factors of Pseudomonas syringae

Journal of General Plant Pathology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 285-296

  Ichinose, Yuki ^a   Taguchi, Fumiko ^a   Mukaihara, Takafumi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research Institute for Biological Science OKAYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

hrp; Motility; Multidrug resistance; Quorum sensing; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84883053205     PISSN: 13452630     EISSN: 1610739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10327-013-0452-8     Document Type: Review

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