Characteristics of insertional mutants of Pseudomonas syringae with reduced epiphytic fitness
Journal Article
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· Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (United States)
OSTI ID:6178751
- Univ. of California, Berkeley (United States)
Bacteria are common inhabitants of leaf surfaces, and they can affect the plants on which they live (eg., inciting disease or ice formation, altering plant growth). This report describes randomly generated insertional mutants of Pseudomonas syringae that exhibited decreased abilities to grow or survive on leaves, and the characteristics of these epiphytic fitness mutants. Direct screening for altered epiphytic fitness was facilitated by estimating population size of mutants on leaves on the basis of measurements of ice nuclei, and allowed identification of many individual genes in P. syringae contributing to its epiphytic fitness. 45 refs., 5 figs., 3 tabs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-86ER13518
- OSTI ID:
- 6178751
- Journal Information:
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (United States), Vol. 59:5; ISSN 0099-2240
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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