Analysis of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 genes implicated in flagellar filament synthesis and their role in competitive root colonization

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3889-3897

  Capdevila, Silvia ^a   Martínez Granero, Francisco M ^a   Sánchez Contreras, María ^a   Rivilla, Rafael ^a   Martín, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INOCULATION; MOTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOSPHERE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 9144271205     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27362-0     Document Type: Article

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