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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 m...
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