Mechanisms and regulation of surface interactions and biofilm formation in Agrobacterium

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Heindl, Jason E ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Heckel, Brynn C ^a   Mohari, Bitan ^a   Feirer, Nathan ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Attachment; Biofilm; Cyclic di GMP; Motility; Polarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901002745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00176     Document Type: Review

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