Friends or foes: can we make a distinction between beneficial and harmful strains of the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia complex?
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multi-drug-resistant global opportunistic pathogen of environmental, mainly plant-associated origin. It is also used as a biocontrol or stress protecting agent for crops in sustainable agricultural as well as in bioremediation strategies. In order to estab...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00241/full |