MOLECULAR-GENETICS OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE BIOSYNTHESIS IN VASCULAR PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA

[1] Akiyama Y., Eda S., Nishikawaji S., Tanaka H., Fujimori T., Kato K., Ohnishi A., Extracellular polysaccharide produced by a virulent strain (U-7) of Pseudomonas solanacearum, Agric. Biol. Chem., 50, pp. 747-751, (1986)

[2] Allen P., Hart C.A., Saunders J.R., Isolation from Klebsiella and characterization of two rcs genes that activate colanic acid capsular biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, Journal of General Microbiology, 133, 2, pp. 331-340, (1987)

[3] Ayers A.R., Ayers S.B., Goodman R.N., Extracellular polysaccharide of Erwinia amylovora: A correlation with virulence, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 38, 4, pp. 659-666, (1979)

[4] Barrere G.C., Barber C.E., Daniels M.J., Molecular cloning of genes involved in the production of the extracellular polysaccharide xanthan by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 8, pp. 372-374, (1986)

[5] Bartlett D.H., Wright M.E., Selverman M., Variable expression of extracellular polysaccharide in the marine bacterium Pseudomonas atlantica is controlled by genome rearrangement, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 85, pp. 3923-3927, (1988)

[6] Bennett R.A., Billing E., Capsulation and virulence in Erwinia amylovora, Ann. Appl. Biol., 89, pp. 44-45, (1978)

[7] Bennett R.A., Billing E., Origin of polysaccharide component of ooze from plants infected with Erwinia amylovora, Journal of General Microbiology, 116, 2, pp. 341-349, (1980)

[8] Betlach M.R., Capage M.A., Doherty D.H., Hassler R.A., Henderson N.M., Vanderslice R.W., Marrelli J.D., Ward M.B., Genetically engineered polymers: Manipulation of xanthan biosynthesis, Progress in Biotechnology 3. Industrial Polysaccharides: Genetic Engineering, Structure/Property Relations and Applications, pp. 35-50, (1987)

[9] Betlach M.R., Capage M.A., Doherty D.H., Hassler R.A., Henderson N.M., Ryan-Graniero J.K., Techlenburg M., Vanderslice R.W., Molecular biology of xanthan gum biosynthesis in Xanthomonas campestris, Abstrs. Papers-am. Chem. Soc, 196th, (1988)

[10] Borthakur D., Johnston A.W.B., Sequence of psi, a gene on the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium phaseoli which inhibits exopolysaccharide synthesis and nodulation and demonstration that its transcription is inhibited by psr, another gene on the symbiotic plasmid, Molecular and General Genetics, 207, 1, pp. 149-154, (1987)

[1] Akiyama Y., Eda S., Nishikawaji S., Tanaka H., Fujimori T., Kato K., Ohnishi A., Extracellular polysaccharide produced by a virulent strain (U-7) of Pseudomonas solanacearum, Agric. Biol. Chem., 50, pp. 747-751, (1986)

[2] Allen P., Hart C.A., Saunders J.R., Isolation from Klebsiella and characterization of two rcs genes that activate colanic acid capsular biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, Journal of General Microbiology, 133, 2, pp. 331-340, (1987)

[3] Ayers A.R., Ayers S.B., Goodman R.N., Extracellular polysaccharide of Erwinia amylovora: A correlation with virulence, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 38, 4, pp. 659-666, (1979)

[4] Barrere G.C., Barber C.E., Daniels M.J., Molecular cloning of genes involved in the production of the extracellular polysaccharide xanthan by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 8, pp. 372-374, (1986)

[5] Bartlett D.H., Wright M.E., Selverman M., Variable expression of extracellular polysaccharide in the marine bacterium Pseudomonas atlantica is controlled by genome rearrangement, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 85, pp. 3923-3927, (1988)

[6] Bennett R.A., Billing E., Capsulation and virulence in Erwinia amylovora, Ann. Appl. Biol., 89, pp. 44-45, (1978)

[7] Bennett R.A., Billing E., Origin of polysaccharide component of ooze from plants infected with Erwinia amylovora, Journal of General Microbiology, 116, 2, pp. 341-349, (1980)

[8] Betlach M.R., Capage M.A., Doherty D.H., Hassler R.A., Henderson N.M., Vanderslice R.W., Marrelli J.D., Ward M.B., Genetically engineered polymers: Manipulation of xanthan biosynthesis, Progress in Biotechnology 3. Industrial Polysaccharides: Genetic Engineering, Structure/Property Relations and Applications, pp. 35-50, (1987)

[9] Betlach M.R., Capage M.A., Doherty D.H., Hassler R.A., Henderson N.M., Ryan-Graniero J.K., Techlenburg M., Vanderslice R.W., Molecular biology of xanthan gum biosynthesis in Xanthomonas campestris, Abstrs. Papers-am. Chem. Soc, 196th, (1988)

[10] Borthakur D., Johnston A.W.B., Sequence of psi, a gene on the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium phaseoli which inhibits exopolysaccharide synthesis and nodulation and demonstration that its transcription is inhibited by psr, another gene on the symbiotic plasmid, Molecular and General Genetics, 207, 1, pp. 149-154, (1987)