Biofilm formation in plant-microbe associations

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 602-609

  Ramey, Bronwyn E ^a   Koutsoudis, Maria ^b   Bodman, Susanne B Von ^b   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOFILM; CELL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOSPHERE; SPROUT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 8844273431     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.10.014     Document Type: Review

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