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Mucoid mutants of the biocontrol strain pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 show increased ability in biofilm formation on mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal carrot roots.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Feb 2001
Bianciotto V, Andreotti S, Balestrini R, Bonfante P, Perotto S
Abstract excerpt
Extracellular polysaccharides play an important role in the formation of bacterial biofilms. We tested the biofilm-forming ability of two mutant strains with increased production of acidic extracellular polysaccharides compared with the wild-type biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0. The anchoring of bacteria to axenic nonmycorrhizal and mycorrhizal roots as well as on extraradical mycelium of the...
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