Comparative genome analysis of Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN reveals a wide spectrum of endophytic lifestyles based on interaction strategies with host plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Mitter, Birgit ^a   Petric, Alexandra ^a   Shin, Maria W ^b   Chain, Patrick S G ^b   Hauberg Lotte, Lena ^c   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^c   Nowak, Jerzy ^d   Sessitsch, Angela ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN; Comparative genomics; Endophyte; PGPR; Plant microbe interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885876782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00120     Document Type: Article

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