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Phenotypic variation of Pseudomonas brassicacearum as a plant root-colonization strategy.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Aug 2004
Achouak Wafa, Conrod Sandrine, Cohen Valérie, Heulin Thierry
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Pseudomonas brassicacearum was isolated as a major root-colonizing population from Arabidopsis thaliana. The strain NFM421 of P. brassicacearum undergoes phenotypic variation during A. thaliana and Brassica napus root colonization in vitro as well as in soil, resulting in different colony appearance on agar surfaces. Bacteria forming translucent colonies (phase II cells) essentially were localized at the surface...
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