Sfp-type PPTase inactivation promotes bacterial biofilm formation and ability to enhance wheat drought tolerance

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Timmusk, Salme ^a   Kim, Seong Bin ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^b   El Daim, Islam Abd ^a   Ek, Bo ^c   Bergquist, Jonas ^c   Behers, Lawrence ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Nova West Technologies and Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution Canyon; Natural isolate genetic manipulation; Paenibacillus polymyxa; Plant drought tolerance; Rhizobacterial biofilm; Sfp type PPTase

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84931260198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00387     Document Type: Article

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