Enhanced control of cucumber wilt disease by bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR9 by altering the regulation of its DegU phosphorylation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2941-2950

  Xu, Zhihui ^a,b   Zhang, Ruifu ^a,b   Wang, Dandan ^a,b   Qiu, Meihua ^a,b   Feng, Haichao ^a,b   Zhang, Nan ^a,b   Shen, Qirong ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONTROL; BIOFILMS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BIOFILM FORMATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUMS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; PROTEASE PRODUCTION; RESPONSE REGULATORS; ROOT COLONIZATION;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGU PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACILLUS; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUCUMBER; ENZYMOLOGY; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84898635036     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03943-13     Document Type: Article

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