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The Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 noeJ and noeL genes are involved in extracellular polysaccharide biosynthesis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Dec 2009
Lerner Anat, Castro-Sowinski Susana, Valverde Angel, Lerner Hadas, Dror Rachel, Okon Yaacov, Burdman Saul
Abstract excerpt
Azospirillum brasilense is a plant root-colonizing bacterium that exerts beneficial effects on the growth of many agricultural crops. Extracellular polysaccharides of the bacterium play an important role in its interactions with plant roots. The pRhico plasmid of A. brasilense Sp7, also named p90, carries several genes involved in synthesis and export of cell surface polysaccharides. We generated two Sp7 mutants...
Topics
- Azospirillum brasilense
- Base Sequence
- Biofilms
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Hydro-Lyases
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Mannose-6-Phosphate Isomerase
- Mutation
- Plasmids
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial
