Molecular study on the carAB operon reveals that carB gene is required for swimming and biofilm formation in Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri.

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Published in BMC Microbiol on October 23, 2015

Authors

Tao Zhuo1, Wei Rou2, Xue Song3, Jing Guo4, Xiaojing Fan5, Gicharu Gibson Kamau6, Huasong Zou7

Author Affiliations

1: College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. 000q814035@fafu.edu.cn.
2: College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. 1540534615@qq.com.
3: Hebei Institute of Engineering Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050091, China. songxue86@gamil.com.
4: School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. gjyeah2012@sjtu.edu.cn.
5: College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. 752407929@qq.com.
6: College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. gicharukamau@yahoo.com.
7: College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. hszou@fafu.edu.cn.

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