Growth inhibition and loss of virulence in cultures of Agrobacterium tumefaciens treated with acetosyringone.

doi:10.1128/jb.174.17.5676-5685.1992

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Growth inhibition and loss of virulence in cultures of Agrobacterium tumefaciens treated with acetosyringone.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1992

Fortin C, Nester E W, Dion P

Abstract excerpt

Acetosyringone, a phenolic inducer of the virulence (vir) genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, inhibited the growth of the nopaline-type strains T37 and C58 incubated under acidic conditions. In the course of a 6-day incubation with acetosyringone, avirulent clones were produced in different propo...

Topics

Acetophenones
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Mutation
Plasmids

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