Pseudomonas chlororaphis
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Pseudomonas chlororaphis (Guignard and Sauvageau 1894) Bergey, et al. 1930 |
Pseudomonas chlororaphis is a bacteria used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. It can act as a biocontrol agent against certain fungal plant pathogens via production of phenazine type antibiotics[1]. The type strain is ATCC 9446.
[edit] References
- ^ Chin-A-Woeng TF, Bloemberg GV, Mulders IH, Dekkers LC, Lugtenberg BJ. (2000) Root colonization by phenazine-1-carboxamide-producing bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391 is essential for biocontrol of tomato foot and root rot. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 13(12):1340-5. PMID 11106026