Bacterial cyanogenesis: Impact on biotic interactions

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 267-274

  Zdor, Robert E ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Cystic fibrosis; Plant pathology; Pseudomonads; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; CULTIVATION; CYANIDES; GENE ENCODING; SOILS;

BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; CYANOGENIC BACTERIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN LUNG; METABOLITE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PLANT PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAD; RHIZOSPHERE;

METABOLITES;

CYANIDE; SYNTHETASE; GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE (CYANIDE-FORMING); HYDROGEN CYANIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BIOTIC FACTOR; CYANIDE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CYANOGENESIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CYANOGENESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LUNG; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; SOIL; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; INVERTEBRATES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH2 GROUP DONORS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84921600851     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12697     Document Type: Review

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