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Fate of Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 in the environment.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 1993
Stockwell V O, Moore L W, Loper J E
Abstract excerpt
Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 is an effective, commercially applied, biological control agent for the plant disease crown gall, yet little is known about the survival and dissemination of K84. To trace K84 in the environment, spontaneous antibiotic-resistant mutants were used. Growth rates and phenotypes of streptomycin- or rifampin-resistant K84 were similar to those of the parental K84, except the...
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