Biocontrol Traits of Pseudomonas spp. Are Regulated by Phase Variation

Of 214 Pseudomonas strains isolated from maize rhizosphere, 46 turned out to be antagonistic, of which 43 displayed clear colony phase variation. The latter strains formed both opaque and translucent colonies, designated as phase I and phase II, respectively. It appeared that important biocontrol tr...

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Main Authors: Daan van den Broek, Thomas F. C. Chin-A-Woeng, Kevin Eijkemans, Ine H. M. Mulders, Guido V. Bloemberg, Ben J. J. Lugtenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2003-11-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.11.1003