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Flagella of a plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas fluorescens strain are required for colonization of potato roots.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 169 ·No. 6 ·1987-06-00 ·Pages 2769-73

De Weger LA, van der Vlugt CI, Wijfjes AH, Bakker PA, Schippers B, Lugtenberg B

Abstract

The role of motility in the colonization of potato roots by Pseudomonas bacteria was studied. Four Tn5-induced flagella-less mutants of the plant-growth-stimulating P. fluorescens WCS374 appeared to be impaired in their ability to colonize growing potato roots.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Proteins/physiology Flagella/physiology Flagellin/physiology Immunosorbent Techniques Molecular Weight Movement Mutation Pseudomonas/genetics,growth & development,ultrastructure Solanum tuberosum/microbiology
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins Flagellin
Authors & Affiliations
6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
De Weger L A
van der Vlugt C I
Wijfjes A H
Bakker P A
Schippers B
Lugtenberg B
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.169.6.2769-2773.1987
Published
1987-06-00
Pages
2769-73
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC212183
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.6.2769-2773.1987 PMC Full Text View journal details
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