Ethylene Chemotaxis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Other Pseudomonas Species

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-189

  Kim, Hye Eun ^a   Shitashiro, Maiko ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a   Takiguchi, Noboru ^a   Kato, Junichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chemotactic transducer; chemotaxis; ethylene; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006718660     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.186     Document Type: Article

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