Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

A Podile, G Kishore - Plant-associated bacteria, 2006 - Springer
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are a group of free-living bacteria that
colonize the rhizosphere and benefit the root growth. Bacteria of diverse genera were …

Beyond the Fur paradigm: iron-controlled gene expression in rhizobia

G Rudolph, H Hennecke… - FEMS microbiology …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Iron is critical for bacterial growth, but problems arise from the toxicity of excess iron; thus,
iron uptake is subject to tight control. The most widely found and best-studied iron …

[HTML][HTML] Cooperation and virulence in acute Pseudomonas aeruginosainfections

F Harrison, LE Browning, M Vos, A Buckling - BMC biology, 2006 - Springer
Background Efficient host exploitation by parasites is frequently likely to depend on
cooperative behaviour. Under these conditions, mixed-strain infections are predicted to …

The Heterologous Siderophores Ferrioxamine B and Ferrichrome Activate Signaling Pathways in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

MA Llamas, M Sparrius, R Kloet, CR Jiménez… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes two siderophores, pyoverdine and pyochelin, under iron-
limiting conditions. These siderophores are recognized at the cell surface by specific outer …

A brackishwater isolate of Pseudomonas PS-102, a potential antagonistic bacterium against pathogenic vibrios in penaeid and non-penaeid rearing systems

KK Vijayan, ISB Singh, NS Jayaprakash, SV Alavandi… - Aquaculture, 2006 - Elsevier
A Pseudomonas sp PS-102 recovered from Muttukkadu brackish water lagoon, situated
south of Chennai, showed significant activity against a number of shrimp pathogenic vibrios …

The tragedy of the commons, the public goods dilemma, and the meaning of rivalry and excludability in evolutionary biology

F Dionisio, I Gordo - Evolutionary Ecology Research, 2006 - evolutionary-ecology.com
The tragedy of the commons, the public goods dilemma, and the meaning of rivalry and
excludability in evolutionary biology Page 1 The tragedy of the commons, the public goods …

The FeL model of iron acquisition: Nondissociative reduction of ferric complexes in the marine environment

TP Salmon, AL Rose, BA Neilan… - Limnology and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Recently there has been recognition of the importance of reductive processes in the
acquisition of iron by microorganisms in marine environments with Fe (III) reduction induced …

The Iron Control Element, Acting in Positive and Negative Control of Iron-Regulated Bradyrhizobium japonicum Genes, Is a Target for the Irr Protein

G Rudolph, G Semini, F Hauser… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bradyrhizobium japonicum, the nitrogen-fixing soybean symbiont, possesses a heme uptake
system encoded by the gene cluster hmuVUT-hmuR-exbBD-tonB. Transcription of the …

Infrared spectroscopic studies of siderophore-related hydroxamic acid ligands adsorbed on titanium dioxide

J Yang, PJ Bremer, IL Lamont, AJ McQuillan - Langmuir, 2006 - ACS Publications
The adhesion of bacteria to metal oxide and other mineral surfaces may involve bacterial
siderophores, many of which contain hydroxamic acid (Ha) ligands. The adsorption behavior …

Chemical characterization and quantification of siderophores produced by marine and terrestrial aspergilli

AK Vala, BP Dave, HC Dube - Canadian Journal of …, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
Ten aspergilli (five each from marine and terrestrial habitats) were screened for siderophore
production. All test isolates produced siderophores as indicated by a positive reaction in the …