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Mutation in cyaA in Enterobacter cloacae decreases cucumber root colonization.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Feb 2007
Roberts Daniel P, McKenna Laurie F, Hu Xiaojia, Lohrke Scott M, Kong Hye Suk, de Souza Jorge T, Baker C Jacyn, Lydon John
Abstract excerpt
Strains of Enterobacter cloacae show promise as biological control agents for Pythium ultimum-induced damping-off on cucumber and other crops. Enterobacter cloacae M59 is a mini-Tn5 Km transposon mutant of strain 501R3. Populations of M59 were significantly lower on cucumber roots and decreased much more rapidly than those of strain 501R3 with increasing distance from the soil line. Strain M59 was decreased or...
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