Bacterial chemotactic motility is important for the initiation of wheat root colonization by Azospirillum brasilense.

doi:10.1099/00221287-144-9-2599

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Bacterial chemotactic motility is important for the initiation of wheat root colonization by Azospirillum brasilense.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Sept 1998

Van de Broek Ann, Lambrecht Mark, Vanderleyden Jos

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Bacteria of the genus Azospirillum are able to colonize plant roots. Using the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter system, various Azospirillum mutants, including mutants affected in chemotactic motility or extracellular polysaccharide biosynthesis, were investigated for their capacity to initiate...

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Azospirillum brasilense
Bacterial Adhesion
Cell Movement
Chemotaxis
Genes, Bacterial
Genes, Reporter
Glucuronidase
Mutation
Plant Roots
Plasmids
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Triticum

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