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2017

1. Lugtenberg, B., Rozen, D.E., and Kamilova, F. 2017. Wars between microbes on roots and fruits. F1000 Research. 6. doi:10.12688/f1000research.10696.1.

   2016

2. Lugtenberg, B.J., Caradus, J.R., and Johnson, L.J. 2016. Fungal endophytes for sustainable crop production. FEMS microbiology ecology. 92: 12. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw194.

   2015

3. Chebotar, V., Malfanova, N., Shcherbakov, A., Ahtemova, G., Borisov, A., Lugtenberg, B., and Tikhonovich, I. 2015. Endophytic bacteria in microbial preparations that improve plant development (review). Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology. 3: 271-277.

4. Cho, S. T., Chang, H. H., Egamberdieva, D., Kamilova, F., Lugtenberg, B., and Kuo, C. H. 2015 Genome analysis of Pseudomonas fluorescens PCL1751: A rhizobacterium that controls root diseases and alleviates salt stress for its plant host. PloS One. 10: e0140231.

   2014

5. Mercado-Blanco, J., and Lugtenberg, B. 2014 Biotechnological applications of bacterial endophytes. Current Biotechnology. 3: 60-75.

6. Egamberdieva, D., and Lugtenberg, B. 2014 Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria to alleviate salinity stress in plants. In: Use of Microbes for the Alleviation of Soil Stresses, Chapter: 4, Volume 1 (pp. 73-96). Springer New York

   2013

7. Malfanova, N., Kamilova, F., Validov, S., Chebotar, V., and Lugtenberg, B. 2013 Is l-arabinose important for the endophytic lifestyle of Pseudomonas spp.?. Archives of Microbiology 195: 9-17

   2012

8. Malfanova, N., Franzil, L., Lugtenberg, B., Chebotar, V. and Ongena, M. Cyclic lipopeptide profile of the plant-beneficial endophytic bacterium Bacillus subtilis HC8. Archive of Microbiology DOI 10.1007/s00203-012-0823-0.

   2011

9. Malfanova, N., Kamilova, F., Validov, S., Shcherbakov, A., Chebotar, V., Tikhonovich, I. and Lugtenberg, B. 2011 Characterization of Bacillus subtilis HC8, a novel plant-beneficial endophytic strain from giant hogweed. Microbial Biotechnology 4: 523-532

10. Egamberdieva, D., Kucharova, Z., Davranov, K., Berg, G., Makarova, N., Azarova, T., Chebotar, V., Tikhonovich, I., Kamilova, F., Validov, S. Z. and Lugtenberg, B. 2011 Bacteria able to control foot and root rot and to promote growth of cucumber in salinated soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 47: 197-205

11. Pliego, C., Kamilova, F. and Lugtenberg, B. 2011 Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Fundamentals and Exploitation, In: Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Ecosystems Ed. D.K. Maheshwari, Chapter: 11 Springer 2011.

    2010

12. Validov, S. Z., Kamilova, F. D. and Lugtenberg, B. 2010 Monitoring of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum strains during tomato plant infection. Microbial Biotechnology 4: 82-8

13. Berg, G., Egamberdieva, D., Lugtenberg, B., and Hagemann, M. 2010 Symbiotic plant–microbe interactions: stress protection, plant growth promotion, and biocontrol by Stenotrophomonas. In: Symbioses and Stress (pp. 445-460). Springer Netherlands

    2009

14. Validov, S. Z., Kamilova, F. and Lugtenberg, B. 2009 Pseudomonas putida strain PCL1760 controls tomato foot and root rot in stonewool under industrial conditions in a certified greenhouse. Biological Control 48: 6-11

15. Lugtenberg, B. and Kamilova, F. 2009 Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology 63: 541-56

16. Kamilova, F., Validov, S., and Lugtenberg, B. 2009 Biological Control of Tomato foot and root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici by Pseudomonas bacteria. In: II International Symposium on Tomato Diseases 808 (pp. 317-320)

    2008

17. Kamilova, F. , Lamers G. and Lugtenberg, B. 2008 Biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 inhibits germination of Fusarium oxysporum spores in tomato root exudate as well as subsequent formation of new spores. Environmental Microbiology 10: 2455-2461

18. Egamberdieva, D., Kamilova, F., Validov, S. Z., Gafurova, L., Kucharova , Z. and Lugtenberg, B., 2008 High incidence of plant growth-stimulating bacteria associated with the rhizosphere of wheat grown on salinated soil in Uzbekistan. Environmental Microbiology 10: 1-9

    2007

19. Cazorla, F. M., Romero, D., Perez-Garcia, A., Lugtenberg, B., de Vicente, A. and Bloemberg, G. 2007 Isolation and characterization of antagonistic Bacillus subtilis strains from the avocado rhizoplane displaying biocontrol activity. Journal of Applied Microbiology 103: 1950-1959

20. Kamilova, F. , Leveau, J. H. J. and Lugtenberg, B., 2007 Collimonas fungivorans, an unpredicted in vitro but efficient in vivo biocontrol agent for the suppression of tomato foot and root rot. Environmental Microbiology 9: 1597-1603

21. Validov, S., Kamilova, F., Stephan, S. D., Wang, J. J., Makarova, N. and Lugtenberg, B. 2007 Selection of bacteria able to control Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici in stonewool substrate. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102: 461-471

22. De Weert S, Kuiper I, Kamilova F, Mulders IHM, Bloemberg GV, Kravchenko L, Azarova T, Eijkemans K, Preston GM, Rainey P, Tikhonovich I, Wijfjes AHM, Lugtenberg B (2007). The role of competitive root tip colonization in the biological control of tomato foot and root rot. In: Chincolkar SB, Mukerji KG (eds) Biological control of plant diseases. In: Chincolkar SB, Mukerji KG (eds) Biological control of plant diseases.The Haworth Press, New York, London, Oxford, pp 103–122.Download second part of document

    2006

23. Alphen, W., Boxtel, R., Selm, N. and Lugtenberg, B. 2006 Pores in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12 involvement of proteins b and c in the permeation of cephaloridine and ampicillin. FEMS Microbiology Letters 3: 103-106

24. Girard, G., Barends, S., Rigali, S., Tjeerd van Rij, Z. E., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2006 Pip, a novel activator of phenazine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391. Journal of Bacteriology 188: 8283-8293

25. Weert, S., Dekkers, L. C., Bitter, W., Tuinman, S., Wijfjes, A. H. M., van Boxtel, R. and Lugtenberg, B. 2006 The two-component colR/S systemof Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 plays a role in rhizosphere competence through maintaining the structure and function of the outer membrane. FEMS Microbiology and Ecology 58: 205-213

26. Kamilova, F., Kravchenko, L. V., Shaposhnikov, A. I., Makarova, N. and Lugtenberg, B. 2006 Effects of the tomato pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici and of the biocontrol bacteriu Pseudomonas fluorescens wcs365 on the composition of organic acids and sugars in tomato root exudates. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 19: 1121-1126

27. Dubern, J. F., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2006 The ppuI-rsaL-ppuR quorum-sensing system regulates biofilm formation of Pseudomonas putida PCL1445 by controlling biosynthesis of the cyclic lipopeptides putisolvins I and II. Journal of Bacteriology 188: 2898-2906

28. Cazorla, F. M., Duckett, S. B., Bergstroom, E. T., Noreen, S., Odijk, R., Lugtenberg, B. , Thomas-Oates, J. E., and Bloemberg, G. V. 2006. Biocontrol of avocado dematophora root rot by antagonistic Pseudomonas fluorescens PCL1606 correlates with the production of 2-hexyl 5-propyl resorcinol. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 19: 418-428.

29. Kamilova, F. ,Kravchenko, L. V. , Shaposhnikov, A. I. , Azarova, T., Makarova, N. and Lugtenberg, B. 2006 Organic acids, sugars, and L-tryptophane in exudates of vegetables growing on stonewool and their effects on activities of rhizosphere bacteria. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 19: 250-256

30. Girard, G., Van Rij, E. T., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2006 Regulatory roles of psrA and rpoS in phenazine-1-carboxamide synthesis by Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391. Microbiology 152: 43-58

31. Bolwerk, A. and Lugtenberg, B., 2006 Visualization of Interactions of Microbial Biocontrol Agents and Phytopathogenic Fungus Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Radicis-lycopersici on Tomato Roots. In: PGPR: Biocontrol and Biofertilization. Ed. Siddiqui Z. A., Verlag, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer 217-231

    2005

32. Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., van der Broek, D., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2005 The Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391 sigma regulator psrA represses the production of the antifungal metabolite phenazine-1-carboxamide. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 18: 244-253

33. Van den Broek, D., Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Bloemberg, G. V. and Lugtenberg, B. 2005 Role of RpoS and MutS in phase variation of Pseudomonas sp. PCL1171. Microbiology 151: 1403-1408

34. Kamilova, F., Validov, S., Azarova, T., Mulders, I. and Lugtenberg, B. 2005 Enrichment for enhanced competitive plant root tip colonizers selects for a new class of biocontrol bacteria. Environmental Microbiology 7: 1809-1817

35. Dubern, J. F., Lagendijk, E. L., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2005 The heat shock genes dnaK, dnaJ, and grpE are involved in regulation of putisolvin biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida PCL1445. Journal of Bacteriology 187: 5967-5976

36. Van Rij, E. T., Girard, G., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V.2005 Influence of fusaric acid on phenazine-1-carboxamide synthesis and gene expression of Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PCL1391. Microbiology 151: 2805-2814

37. Bolwerk, A., Lagopodi, A. L., Lugtenberg, B. , and Bloemberg, G. V. 2005 Visualization of interactions between a pathogenic and a beneficial fusarium strain during biocontrol of tomato foot and root rot. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 18: 710-721

38. Van den Broek, D., Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Bloemberg, G. V. , and Lugtenberg, B. 2005 Molecular nature of spontaneous modifications in gacS which cause colony phase variation in Pseudomonas sp. strain PCL1171. Journal of Bacteriology 187: 593-600

39. Van Den Broek, D., Bloemberg, G. V., and Lugtenberg, B. 2005 The role of phenotypic variation in rhizosphere Pseudomonas bacteria. Environmental Microbiology 7: 1686-1697

    2004

40. van Rij, E. T., Wesselink, M., Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Bloemberg, G. V., Lugtenberg, B. 2004 Influence of environmental conditions on the production of phenazine-1-carboxamide by Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 17: 557-566

41. de Weert, S., Dekkers. L. C., Kuiper, I., Bloemberg, G. V., and Lugtenberg, B. 2004 Generation of enhanced competitive root-tip-colonizing Pseudomonas bacteria through accelerated evolution. Journal of Bacteriology 186: 3153-3159

42. Kuiper, I., Lagendijk, E. L., Bloemberg, G. V. and Lugtenberg, B. 2004 Rhizoremediation: A beneficial plant-microbe interaction. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 17: 6-15

43. Kuiper, I., Lagendijk, E. L., Pickford, R., Derrick, J. P., Lamers, G. E. M., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2004 Characterization of two Pseudomonas putida lipopeptide biosurfactants, putisolvin I and II, which inhibit biofilm formation and break down existing biofilms. Molecular Microbiology 51: 97-113

44. de Weert, S., Kuiper, I., Lagendijk, E. L., Lamers, G. E., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 2004 Role of chemotaxis toward fusaric acid in colonization of hyphae of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 17: 1185-1191

    2003

45. Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Bloemberg, G. V. and Lugtenberg, B. 2003 Phenazines and their role in biocontrol by Pseudomonas bacteria. New Phytologist 157: 503-523

46. Bolwerk, A., Lagopodi, A. L., Wijfjes, A. H. F., Lamers, G. E. M., Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Lugtenberg, B. , and Bloemberg, G. V. 2003 Interactions in the tomato rhizosphere of two Pseudomonas biocontrol strains with the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 16: 983-993

47. Van den Broek, D., Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Eijkemans, K., Mulders, I. H. M., Bloemberg, G. V., Lugtenberg, B. 2003 Biocontrol traits of Pseudomonas spp. are regulated by phase variation. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 16: 1003-12.

    2002

48. De Weert, S., Vermeiren, H., Mulders, I. H. M., Kuiper, I., Hendrickx, N., Bloemberg, G. V. , Vanderleyden, J., De Mot, R. and Lugtenberg, B. 2002 Flagella-driven chemotaxis towards exudate components is an important trait for tomato root colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 15: 1173-1180

49. Lugtenberg, B. , Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2002 Microbe-plant interactions: principles and mechanisms. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 81: 373-383

50. Kuiper, I., Kravchenko, L. V. , Bloemberg, G. V. and Lugtenberg, B. 2002 Pseudomonas putida Strain PCL1444, selected for efficient root colonization and naphthalene degradation, effectively utilizes root exudate components. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 15: 734-741

51. Camacho Carvajal, M. M., Wijfjes, A. H. F., Mulders, I. H. M., Lugtenberg, B. , and Bloemberg, G. V. 2002 Characterization of NADH dehydrogenases of Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 and their role in competitive root colonization. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 15: 662-671

52. Lagopodi, A. L., Ram, A. F. J., Lamers, G. E. M., Punt, P. J., Van den Honde, C. A. M. J. J.l, Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2002 Novel aspects of tomato root colonization and infection by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici revealed by confocal laser scanning microscopic analysis using the green fluorescent protein as a marker. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions Vol. 15, No. 2, 2002, pp. 172-179.

    2001

53. Bloemberg, G. V. and Lugtenberg, B. 2001 Molecular basis of plant growth promotion and biocontrol by rhizobacteria. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 4: 343-350

54. Okker, R. J., Spaink, H. P., Lugtenberg, B. and Schlaman, H. R. 2001 Mutants in the nodFEL promoter of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae reveal a role of individual nucleotides in transcriptional activation and protein binding. Archives of Microbiology 175: 152-160

55. Kuiper, I., Bloemberg, G. V. , and Lugtenberg, B. 2001 Selection of a plant-bacterium pair as a novel tool for rhizostimulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 14: 1197-1205

56. Kuiper, I., Bloemberg, G. V. , Noreen, S., Thomas-Oates, J. E., and Lugtenberg, B. 2001 Increased uptake of putrescine in the rhizosphere inhibits competitive root colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens strain WCS365. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 14: 1096-1104

57. Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Van den Broek, D., De Voer, G., Van der Drift, K. M. G. M., Tuinman, S., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Lugtenberg, B. and Bloemberg, G. V. 2001 phenazine-1-carboxamide production in the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391 is regulated by multiple factors secreted into the growth medium. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 14: 969-979

58. Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Lugtenberg, B. , and Bloemberg, G. V. 2001 Introduction of the phzH geneof Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391 extends the range of biocontrol ability of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid-producing Pseudomonas spp. strains. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 14: 1006-1015

59. Lugtenberg, B. , Dekkers, L., and Bloemberg, G. V. 2001 Molecular determinants of rhizosphere colonization by Pseudomonas. Annual Review of Phytopathology 39: 461-90

    2000

60. Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Bloemberg, G. V. , Mulders, I. H. M., Dekkers. L. C., and Lugtenberg, B. 2000 Root colonization by phenazine-1 carboxamide- producing bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391 Is essential for biocontrol of tomato foot and root rot. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 12: 1340-134

61. Bloemberg, G. V., Wijfjes, A. H. F., Lamers, G. E. M., Stuurman, N. and Lugtenberg, B. 2000 Simultaneous imaging of Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 populations expressing three different autofluorescent proteins in the rhizosphere: new perspectives for studying microbial communities. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 13: 1170-1176

62. Dekkers. L. C., Mulders, I. H. M., Phoelich, C. C., Chin-A-Woeng, T. F. C., Wijfjes, A. H. F., and Lugtenberg, B. 2000 the sss colonization gene of the tomato-Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicislycopersici biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 can improve root colonization of other wild-type Pseudomonas spp. bacteria. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 13: 1177-1183

    1999

63. Lugtenberg, B., Kravchenko, L. V. and Simons, M. 1999 Tomato seed and root exudate sugars: composition, utilization by Pseudomonas biocontrol strains and role in rhizosphere colonization. Environmental microbiology 1: 439-46

64. Kamst, E., Bakkers, J., Quaedvlieg, N. E., Pilling, J., Kijne, J. W., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1999 Chitin oligosaccharide synthesis by rhizobia and zebrafish embryos starts by glycosyl transfer to O4 of the reducing-terminal residue. Biochemistry 38: 4045-4052

65. Lugtenberg, B. and Dekkers. L. C., 1999 What makes Pseudomonas bacteria rhizosphere competent?. Environmental Microbiology 1. 9-13

66. Ovtsyna, A. O., Rademaker, G.-J., Esser, E., Weinman, J., Rolfe, B. G., Tikhonovich, I. A., Lugtenberg, B. , Thomas-Oates, J. E., and Spaink, H. P. 1999 Comparison of characteristics of the nodx genes from various Rhizobium leguminosarum Strains. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 12: 252-258

67. Kamst, E., Zegelaar-Jaarsveld, K., van der Marel, G. A., van Boom, J. H., Lugtenberg, B. J., and Spaink, H. P. 1999 Chemical synthesis of N-acetylglucosamine derivatives and their use as glycosyl acceptors by the Mesorhizobium loti chitin oligosaccharide synthase NodC. Carbohydrate Research 321: 176-189

    1998

68. Dekkers, L. D., Phoelich, C. C., van der Fits, L. and Lugtenberg, B. 1998 A site-specific recombinase is required for competitive root colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365. PNAS 95: 7051-7056

69. Dekkers. L. C., Van der Bij, Mulders, I. H. M., Phoelich, C. C., Wentwoord, R. A. R., Glandorf, D. C. M., Wijffelman, C. A., and Lugtenberg, B. 1998 role of the O-antigen of lipopolysaccharide, and possible roles of growth rate and of nadh: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (nuo) in competitive tomato root-tip colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 11: 763-771

70. Ritsema, T., Gehring, A. M., Stuitje, A. R., van der Drift, K. M. G. M., Dandal, I., Lambalot, R. H., Walsh, C. T., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Lugtenberg, B., Spaink, H. P. 1998 Functional analysis of an interspecies chimera of acyl carrier proteins indicates a specialized domain for protein recognition. Molecular and General Genetics 257: 641-648

71. Geiger, O., Glushka, J., Lugtenberg, B., Spaink, H. P. and Thomas-Oates, J. E. 1998 NodFE-dependent fatty acids that lack an a-b unsaturation are subject to differential transfer, leading to novel phospholipids. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 11: 33-44

72. Chin-A-Woeng, T.F.C., Bloemberg, G.V., Van der Bij, A.J., Van der Drift, K.M.G.M., Schripsema, J., Kroon, B., Scheffer, R.J., Keel, C., Bakker, P.A.H.M., Tichy, H.V., de Bruijn, F.J., Thomas-Oates, J.E., Lugtenberg, B.J.J. 1998 Biocontrol by phenazine-1-carboxamide-producing Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391 of tomato root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 11: 1069-1077

73. Dekkers, L. C., Bloemendaal, C. J. P., de Weger, L. A., Wijffelman, C. A., Spaink, H. P., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1998 A two-component system plays an important role in the root-colonizing ability of Pseudomonas fluorescens strain WCS365. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 11: 45-56

74. Ovtsyna, A. O., Geurts, R., Bisseling, T., Lugtenberg, B. J., Tikhonovich, I. A., and Spaink, H. P. 1998 Restriction of host range by the sym2 allele of Afghan pea is nonspecific for the type of modification at the reducing terminus of nodulation signals. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 11: 418-422

    1997

75. De Weger, L. A., Kuiper, I., van der Bij, A. J., Lugtenberg, B. 1997 Use of a lux-based procedure to rapidly visualize root colonisation by Pseudomonas fluorescens in the wheat rhizosphere. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 72: 365-372

76. Bloemberg, G. V., O´Toole, G. A., Lugtenberg, B. and Kolter, R. 1997 Green fluorescent protein as a marker for Pseudomonas spp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63: 4543-4551

77. Quinto, C., Wijfjes, A. H., Bloemberg, G. V., Blok-Tip, L., Lopez-Lara, I. M., Lugtenberg, B., Thomas-Oates, J. E. and Spaink, H. P. 1997 Bacterial nodulation protein NodZ is a chitin oligosaccharide fucosyltransferase which can also recognize related substrates of animal origin. PNAS 94: 4336-4341

78. Schlaman, H. R., Gise, A. A., Quaedvlieg, N. E., Bloemberg, G. V. , Lugtenberg, B., Kijne, J. W., Potrykus, I., Spaink, H. P. and Sautter, C. 1997 Chitin oligosaccharides can induce cortical cell division in roots of Vicia sativa when delivered by ballistic microtargeting. Development 124: 4887-4895

79. Roest, H. P., Mulders, I. H. M., Spaink, H. P., Wijffelman, C. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1997 A Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar trifolii locus not localized on the sym plasmid hinders effective nodulation on plants of the pea cross-inoculation group. Molecular Plant-Microbio Interactions 10: 938-941

80. Ritsema, T., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1997 Acyl-acyl carrier protein is a donor of fatty acids in thenoda-dependent step in biosynthesis of lipochitin oligosaccharides by rhizobia. Journal of Bacteriology 179: 4053-4055

81. Kamst, E., Pilling, J. , Raamsdonk, L. M., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1997 Rhizobium nodulation protein nodc is an important determinant of chitin oligosaccharide chain length in nod factor biosynthesis. Journal of Bacteriology 179: 2103-2108

82. Chin-A-Woeng, T. F., de Priester, W., van der Bij, A. J., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1997 Description of the colonization of a gnotobiotic tomato rhizosphere by Pseudomonas fluorescens biocontrol strain WCS365, using scanning electron microscopy. MPMI-Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 10: 79-86

83. Simons, M., Permentier, H. P., de Weger, L. A., Wijffelman, C. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1997 Amino acid synthesis is necessary for tomato root colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens strain WCS365. MPMI-Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 10: 102-106

    1996

84. Simons, M., van der Bij, A. J., Brand, I., de Weger, L. A., Wijffelman, C. A., Lugtenberg, B., 1996 Gnotobiotic system for studying rhizosphere colonization by plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas bacteria. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 9: 600-607

85. de Weger, L. A., Bloemberg, G. V., van Wezel, T., van Raamsdonk, M., Glandorf, D. C., van Vuurde, J., Jann, K. and Lugtenberg, B. 1996 A novel cell surface polysaccharide in Pseudomonas putida wcs358,which shares characteristics with Escherichia coli K antigens, is not involved in root colonization. Journal of Bacteriology 178: 1955-1961

86. van der Bij, A. J., de Weger, L. A., Tucker, W. T., and Lugtenberg, B. 1996 Plasmid stability in Pseudomonas ?uorescens in the rhizosphere. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62: 1076-1080

87. Van der Drift, K. M., Spaink, H. P., Bloemberg, G. V., Van Brussel, A. A., Lugtenberg, B., Haverkamp, J. and Thomas-Oates, J. E. 1996 Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii produces lipo-chitin oligosaccharides with nodE-dependent highly unsaturated fatty acyl moieties. An electrospray ionization and collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometric study. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271: 22563-22569

88. Lopez-Lara, I. M., Blok-Tip, L., Quinto, C., Garcia, M. L., Stacey, G., Bloemberg, G. V., Lamers, G. E., Lugtenberg, B., Thomas-Oates, J. E. and Spaink, H. P. 1996 NodZ of Bradyrhizobium extends the nodulation host range of Rhizobium by adding a fucosyl residue to nodulation signals. Molecular Microbiology 21: 397-408

89. Ritsema, T., Wijfjes, A. H., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1996 Rhizobium nodulation protein NodA is a host-specific determinant of the transfer of fatty acids in Nod factor biosynthesis. Molecular and General Genetics 251: 44-51

90. Simons, M., Van Der Bij, A. J., Brand, I., De Weger, L. A., Wijffelman, C. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1996 Gnotobiotic system for studying rhizosphere colonization by plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas bacteria. MPMI-Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 9: 600-607

    1995

91. Cardenas, L., Dominguez, J., Quinto, C., Lopez-Lara, I. M., Lugtenberg, B., Spaink, H. P., Rademaker, G. J., Haverkamp, J. and Thomas-Oates, J. E. 1995 Isolation, chemical structures and biological activity of the lipo-chitin oligosaccharide nodulation signals from Rhizobium etli. Plant Molecular Biology 29: 453-464

92. Lopez-Lara, I. M., van Brussel, A. A., Haverkamp, J., Lugtenberg, B., Thomas-Oates, J. E. and Spaink, H. P. 1995 Induction of nodule primordia on Phaseolus and Acacia by lipo-chitin oligosaccharide nodulation signals from broad-host-range Rhizobium strain GRH2. Plant Molecular Biology 29: 465-477

93. Bloemberg, G. V., Lagas, R. M., van Leeuwen, S., van der Marel, G. A., van Boom, J. H., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1995 Substrate specificity and kinetic studies of nodulation protein NodL of Rhizobium leguminosarum. Biochemistry 34: 12712-12720

94. Roest, H. P., Bloemendaal, C. J., Wijffelman, C. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1995 Isolation and characterization of ropA homologous genes from Rhizobium leguminosarum biovars viciae and trifolii. Journal of Bacteriology 177: 4985-4991

95. Bloemberg, G. V., Kamst, E., Harteveld, M., van der Drift, K. M., Haverkamp, J., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1995 A central domain of Rhizobium NodE protein mediates host specificity by determining the hydrophobicity of fatty acyl moieties of nodulation factors. Molecular Microbiology 16: 1123-1136

96. Lopez-Lara, I. M., van den Berg, J. D., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Glushka, J., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1995 Structural identification of the lipo-chitin oligosaccharide nodulation signals of Rhizobium loti. Molecular Microbiology 15: 627-638

97. Spaink, H. P., Lugtenberg, B., Role of rhizobial lipo-chitin oligosaccharide signal molecules in root nodule organogenesis. Plant Molecular Biology 26: 1413-1422

98. Roest, H. P., Mulders, I. H., Wijffelman, C. A., Lugtenberg, B. 1995 Isolation of ropB, a gene encoding a 22-kDa Rhizobium leguminosarum outer membrane protein. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 8: 576-83

99. Spaink, H. P., Wijfjes, H. M., and Lugtenberg, B. 1995 Rhizobium NodI and NodJ proteins play a role in the efficiency of secretion of lipochitin oligosaccharides. Journal of Bacteriology 177: 6276-6281

100. Kamst, E., van der Drift, K. M. G. M., Thomas-Oates, J. E. , Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P., 1995 Mass spectrometric analysis of chitin oligosaccharides produced by rhizobium nodc protein in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 177: 6282-6285

101. De Weger, L. A., Van Der Bij, A. J., Dekkers, L. C., Simons, M., Wijffelman, C. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1995 Colonization of the rhizosphere of crop plants by plant-beneficial pseudomonads. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 17: 221-228

102. Roest, H. P., Goosen-de Roo, L., Wijffelman, C. A., De Maagd, R. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. J. 1995 Outer membrane protein changes during bacteroid development are independent of nitrogen fixation and differ between indeterminate and determinate nodulating host plants of Rhizobium leguminosarum. MPMI-Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 8: 14-22

103. Schippers, B., Scheffer, R. J., Lugtenberg, B. J. J., and Weisbeek, P. J. 1995 Biocoating of seeds with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to improve plant establishment. Outlook on Agriculture 24: 179-185

104. Spaink, H. P., Bloemberg, G. V., Brussel, A. V., Lugtenberg, B. J., Drift, K. V. D., Haverkamp, J., and Thomas-Oates, J. E. 1995 Host specificity of Rhizobium leguminosarum is determined by the hydrophobicity of highly unsaturated fatty acyl moieties of the nodulation factors. MPMI-Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 8: 155-164

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105. Ritsema, T., Geiger, O., van Dillewijn, P., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1994 Serine residue 45 of nodulation protein NodF from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae is essential for its biological function. Journal of Bacteriology 176: 7740-7743

106. Zaat, S.A., Slegtenhorst-Eegdeman, K., Tommassen, J., Geli, V., Wijffelman, C. A., and Lugtenberg, B. 1994 Construction of phoE-caa, a novel PCR- and immunologically detectable marker gene for Pseudomonas putida. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60: 3965-3973.

107. Swart, S., Lugtenberg, B., Smit, G. and Kijne, J. W. 1994 Rhicadhesin-mediated attachment and virulence of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens chvb mutant can be restored by growth in a highly osmotic medium. Journal of Bacteriology 176: 3816-3819

108. Geiger, O., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Glushka, J., Spaink, H. P., and Lugtenberg, B. 1994 Phospholipids of rhizobium contain node-determined highly unsaturated fatty acid moieties. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 269: 11090-11097

109. Spaink, H. P., Wijfjes, A. H., van der Drift, K. M., Haverkamp, J., Thomas-Oates, J. E. and Lugtenberg, B. 1994 Structural identification of metabolites produced by the NodB and NodC proteins of Rhizobium leguminosarum. Molecular Microbiology 13: 821-831

110. Geiger, O., Ritsema, T., Brussel, A. A. N., Tak, T., Wijfjes, A. H. F., Bloemberg, G. V., Spaink, H. P. and Lugtenberg, B. 1994 Role of rhizobial lipo-oligosacharides in root nodule formation on leguminous plants. Plant and Soil 161: 81-89

111. Swart, S., Logman, T. J. J., Lugtenberg, B. , Smit, G. and Kijne, J. W. 1994 Several phenotypic changes in the cell envelope of Agrobacterium tumefaciens chvB mutants are prevented by calcium limitation. Archives of Microbiology 161: 310-315

112. Bloemberg, G. V., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Lugtenberg, B. and Spaink, H. P. 1994 Nodulation protein NodL of Rhizobium leguminosarum O-acetylates lipo-oligosaccharides, chitin fragments and N-acetylglucosamine in vitro, Molecular Microbiology. 11: 793-804

113. Swart, S., Logman, T. J., Smit, G., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1994 Purification and partial characterization of a glycoprotein from pea (Pisum sativum) with receptor activity for rhicadhesin, an attachment protein of Rhizobiaceae. Plant Molecular Biology 24: 171-183

114. Spaink, H. P. and Lugtenberg, B. 1994 Role of rhizobial lipo-chitin oligosaccharide signal molecules in root nodule organogenesis. Plant Molecular Biology 26: 1413-1422

115. De Maagd, R. A., Yang, W. C., Goosen-de Roo, L., Mulders, I. H., Roest, H. P., Spaink, H. P., Bisseling, T. and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1994 Down-regulation of expression of the Rhizobium leguminosarum outer membrane protein gene ropA occurs abruptly in interzone II-III of pea nodules and can be uncoupled from nif gene activation. Molecular Plant microbe Interactions 7: 276-276

116. De Weger, L. A., Dekkers, L. C., Van der Bij, A. J., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1994 Use of phosphate-reporter bacteria to study phosphate limitation in the rhizosphere and in bulk soil. Molecular Plant microbe Interactions 7: 32-38

117. Lugtenberg, B. J. J., De Weger, L. A., and Schippers, B. 1994 Bacterization to protect seed and rhizosphere against disease. BCPC Monograph 57: 293-302

     1993

118. van Eijsden, R. R., Hoedemaeker, F. J., Diaz, C. L., Lugtenberg, B., De Pater, B. S. and Kijne, J. W. 1993 Mutational analysis of pea lectin. Substitution of Asn125 for Asp in the monosaccharide-binding site eliminates mannose/glucose-binding activity. Plant Molecular Biology 20: 1049-1058

119. Swart, S., Smit, G., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1993 Restoration of attachment, virulence and noduiation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens chvB mutants by rhicadhesin. Molecular Microbioiogy 10: 597-605

120. Goosen-de Roo, L., de Maagd, R. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1993 Outer membrane protein gene expression traced by immunogold labelling in Rhizobium Leguminosarum bv. viciae strain 248 in Vicia sativa ssp. nigra. Cell Biology International 17: 221-226.

121. Spaink, H. P., Wijfjes, A. H. M., Kijne, J. W., and Lugtenberg, B. J. J. 1993 Rhizobial lipo-oligosaccharide signals and their role in plant morphogenesis; are analogous lipophilic chitin derivatives produced by the plant?. Functional Plant Biology 20: 381-392

     1992

122. Schlaman, H. R., Okker, J. H., and Lugtenberg, B. 1992 Regulation of nodulation gene expression by NodD in Rhizobia. Journal of Bacteriology 174: 5177-5182

123. Spaink, H. P., Aarts, A., Stacey, G., Bloemberg, G. V., Lugtenberg, B. and Kennedy, E. P. 1992 Detection and separation of Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium Nod metabolites using thin-layer chromatography. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 5: 72-80

124. Smit, G., Straver, M. H., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1992 Flocculence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells is induced by nutrient limitation, with cell surface hydrophobicity as a major determinant. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58: 3709-3714

125. Schlaman, H. R., Lugtenberg, B., and Okker, J. H. 1992 The NodD protein does not bind to the promoters of inducible nodulation genes in extracts of bacteroids of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae Journal of Bacteriology 174: 6109-6116

126. de Maagd, R. A., Mulders, H. M., Canter- Cremers, C. J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1992 cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli of a Rhizobium leguminosarum gene encoding a symbiotically repressed outer membrane protein. Journal of Bacteriology 174: 214-221

127. Lugtenberg, B. 1992 Regulation of nodulation in Rhizobium leguminosarum. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 8: 120-123

128. Smit, G., Swart, S., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1992 Molecular mechanisms of attachment of Rhizobium bacteria to plant roots. Molecular Microbiology 6: 2897-2903

129. van Brussel, A.N., Bakhuizen, R., van Spronsen, P. C., Spaink, H. P., Tak, T., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1992 Induction of pre-infection thread structures in the leguminous host plant by mitogenic lipo-oligosaccharides of rhizobium. Science 257: 70-72

130. Recourt, K., van Tunen, A. J., Mur, L. A., van Brussel, A. A., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1992 Activation of flavonoid biosynthesis in roots of Vicia sativa subsp. nigra plants by inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. Plant Molecular Biology 19: 411-420

131. Recourt, K., Verkerke, M., Schripsema, J., van Brussel, A. A., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1992 Major flavonoids in uninoculated and inoculated roots of Vicia sativa subsp. nigra are four conjugates of the nodulation gene-inhibitor kaempferol. Plant Molecular Biology. 18: 505-513

132. Recourt, K, Tunen, A. J., Mur, L. A., Brussel, A. A. N., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1992 Activation of flavonoid biosynthesis in roots of Vicia sativa subsp. nigra plants by inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. Plant Molecular Biology 19: 411-420

133. Okker, R. J. H., Schlaman, H. R. M., Spaink, H. P., and Lugtengerg, B. J. J. 1993 Function of nodulation genes of Rhizobium. Symbiosis 14: 283-295

     1991

134. Spaink, H. P., Sheeley, D. M., van Brussel, A. A., Glushka, J., York, W. S., Tak, T., Geiger, O., Kennedy, E. P., Reinhold, V. N. and Lugtenberg, B. 1991 A novel highly unsaturated fatty acid moiety of lipo-oligosaccharide signals determines host specificity of Rhizobium. Nature 354: 125-130

135. H C Canter-Cremers, Stevens, K., Lugtenberg, B., Wijffelman, C. A., Batley, M., Redmond, J.W., Breedveld, M.W. and Zevenhuizen, L. P. 1991 Unusual structure of the exopolysaccharide of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae strain 248. Carbohydrate Research 218: 185-200

136. Schlaman, H. R., Horvath, B., Vijgenboom, E., Okker, R. J., Lugtenberg, B. 1991 Suppression of nodulation gene expression in bacteroids of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. Journal of Bacteriology 173: 4277-4287

137. Recourt, K., Schripsema, J., Kijne, J. W., van Brussel, A. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1991 Inoculation of Vicia sativa subsp. nigra roots with Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae results in release of nod gene activating flavanones and chalcones. Plant Molecular Biology 16: 841-852

138. Smit, G., Tubbing, D. M. J., Kijne, J. W. and Lugtenberg, B. 1991 Role of Ca²⁺ in the activity of rhicadhesin from Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae, which mediates the first step in attachment of Rhizobiaceae cells to plant root hair tips. Archives of Microbiology 155: 278-283

139. de Weger, L. A., Dunbar, P., Mahafee, W. F., Lugtenberg, B. and Sayler, G. S. 1991 use of bioluminescence markers to detect Pseudomonas spp. in the rhizosphere. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 57: 3641-3644

140. Canter-Cremers, H.C., Batley, M., Redmond, J.W., Wijfjes, A.H., Lugtenberg, B. and Wijffelman, A. 1991 Distribution of O-acetyl groups in the exopolysaccharide synthesized by Rhizobium leguminosarum strains is not determined by the sym plasmid. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 266: 9556-9564

141. Goosen-de Roo, L., de Maagd, R. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1991 Antigenic changes in lipolysaccharide I of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae in root nodules of Vicia sativa subsp. Nigra occur during release from injection threads. Journal of Bacteriology 173: 3177–3183

142. Lugtenberg, B. J., de Weger, L. A., and Bennett, J. W. 1991 Microbial stimulation of plant growth and protection from disease. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2: 457-464

     1990

143. Canter-Cremers, H.C., Batley, M., Redmond, J.W., Eydems, L., Breedveld, M.W., Zevehuizen, L.P., Pees, E., Wijffelman, C.A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1990 Rhizobium leguminosarum exoB mutants are deficient in the synthesis of udp-glucose 4´-epimerase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 265: 21122-21127

144. Schlaman, H. R., Okker, J. H., and Lugtenberg, B. 1990 Subcellular localization of the Rhizobium leguminosarum nodI gene product. Journal of Bacteriology 172: 5486-5489

145. van Brussel, A.A., Recourt, K., Pees, E., Spaink, H.P., Tak, T., Wijffelman, C.A., Kijne, J. W., and Lugtenberg, B. 1990 A biovar-specific signal of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae induces increased nodulation gene-inducing activity in root exudate of Vicia sativa subsp. nigra. Journal of Bacteriology 172: 5394-5401

146. Diaz, C. L., Hosselet, M., Logman, G. J. J., Driessche, E., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J.W. 1990 Distribution of glucose/mannose-specific isolectins in pea (Pisum sativum L.) seedlings. Planta 181: 451-461

147. De Maagd, R. A., Wijfjes, A. H., Spaink, H. P., Ruiz-Sainz, J. E., Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, R. J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1990 nodO, a new nod gene of the Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae sym plasmid pRL1JI, encodes a secreted protein. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 6764-6770

     1989

148. Canter-Cremers, H. C., Spaink, H. P., Wijfjes, A. H., Pees, E., Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, R. J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Additional nodulation genes on the Sym plasmid of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae, Plant Molecular Biology 13: 163-174

149. Zaat, S. A., Schripsema, J., Wijffelman, C. A., van Brussel, A. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Analysis of the major inducers of the Rhizobium nodA promoter from Vicia sativa root exudate and their activity with different nodD genes. Plant Molecular Biology 13: 175-188

150. Recourt, K., van Brussel, A. A., Driessen, A. J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Accumulation of a nod gene inducer, the flavonoid naringenin, in the cytoplasmic membrane of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae is caused by the pH-dependent hydrophobicity of naringenin, Journal of Bacteriology 171: 4370-4377

151. Smit, G., Logman, T. J., Boerrigter, M. E., Kijne, J. W. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Purification and partial characterization of the Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae Ca²⁺-dependent adhesin, which mediates the first step in attachment of cells of the family Rhizobiaceae to plant root hair tips. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 4054-4062

152. de Maagd, R. A., Spaink, H. P., Pees, E., Mulders, I. H., Wijfjes, A., Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, R. J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Localization and symbiotic function of a region on the Rhizobium leguminosarum Sym plasmid pRL1JI responsible for a secreted, flavonoid-inducible 50-kilodalton protein. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 1151-1157

153. de Maagd, R. A., Rao, A. S., Mulders, I. H., Goosen-de Roo, L., Van Loosdrecht, M. C., Wijffelman, C. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Isolation and characterization of mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 248 with altered lipopolysaccharides: possible role of surface charge or hydrophobicity in bacterial release from the infection thread. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 1143-1150

154. Zaat, S. A. J., Brussel, A. A. N., Tak, T., Lugtenberg, B. and Kijne, J. W. 1989 The ethylene-inhibitor aminoethoxyvinylglycine restores normal nodulation by Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar. viciae on Vicia sativa subsp. nigra by suppressing the "Thick and short roots" phenotype. Planta 177: 141-150

155. Zaat, A. J., Schripsema, J., Wijffelman, C. A., Brussel, A. A. N. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Analysis of the major inducers of the Rhizobium nodA promoter from Vicia sativa root exudate and their activity with different nodD genes. Plant Molecular Biology 13: 175-188

156. Canter-Cremers, C. J., Spaink, H. P., Wijfjes, A. H. F., Pees, E.,Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, J. H. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Additional nodulation genes on the Sym plasmid of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. Plant Molecular Biology 13: 163-174

157. Spaink, H. P., Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, J. H. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Localization of functional regions of the Rhizobium nodD product using hybrid nodD genes, Plant Molecular Biology 12(1):59-73.

158. Spaink, H.P., Weinman, J., Djordjevic, M. A., Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, J. H. and Lugtenberg, B., 1989 Genetic analysis and cellular localization of the Rhizobium host specificity-determining NodE protein. The EMBO Journal 8: 2811 -2818

159. Schlaman, H. R., Spaink, H. P., Okker, J. H., and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Subcellular localization of the nodD gene product in Rhizobium leguminosarum. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 4686-4693

160. Spaink, H. P., Okker, J. H., Wijffelman, C. A., Tak, T., Goosen-de Roo, L., Pees, E., van Brussel, A. N., and Lugtenberg, B., 1989 Symbiotic properties of rhizobia containing a flavonoid independent hybrid nodD product. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 4045-4053

161. de Maagd, R. A., Wientjes, F. B. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Evidence for divalent cation (Ca²⁺)-stabilized oligomeric proteins and covalently bound protein-peptidoglycan complexes in the outer membrane of Rhizobium leguminosarum. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 3989-3995

162. Marugg, J. D., de Weger, L. A., Nielander, H. B. , Oorthuizen, M., Recourt, K., Lugtenberg, B., van der Hofstad, G. A. and Weisbeeki, P. J. 1989 Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding an outer membrane protein required for siderophore-mediated uptake of Fe³⁺ in Pseudomonas putida WCS358. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 2819-2826

163. de Weger, L. A., van Loosdrecht, C. M., Klaassen, H. E. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Mutational changes in physicochemical cell surface properties of Plant-Growth-Stimulating Pseudomonas spp. do not influence the attachment properties of the cells. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 2756-2761

164. de Maagd, R. A., de Rijk, R., Mulders, H. M., and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Immunological characterization of Rhizobium leguminosarum outer membrane antigens by use of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 1136-1142

165. Smit, G., Kijne, J. W. and Lugtenberg, B. 1989 Roles of flagella, lipopolysaccharide, and a Ca²-dependent cell surface protein in attachment of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae to pea root hair tips. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 569-572

166. de Maagd, R., Wijfjes, A. H., Spaink, H. P., Ruiz-Sainz, J. E., Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, R. J., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1989 nodO, a new nod gene of the Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae sym plasmid pRL1JI, encodes a secreted protein. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 6764-6770.

167. Díaz, C. L., Melchers, L. S., Hooykaas, P. J., Lugtenberg, B. J., and Kijne, J. W. 1989 Root lectin as a determinant of host–plant specificity in the Rhizobium–legume symbiosis. Nature 338: 579-581

168. Spaink, H. P., Weinman, J., Djordjevic, M. A., Wijffelman, C. A., Okker, R. J., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1989 Genetic analysis and cellular localization of the Rhizobium host specificity-determining NodE protein. The EMBO Journal 8: 2811-2818

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169. de Weger, L. A., van Arendonk, C. M., Recourt, K., van der Hofstad, J. M., Weisbeek, P. J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1988 Siderophore-mediated uptake of Fe³⁺ by the Plant Growth-Stimulating Pseudomonas putida strain WCS358 and by other rhizosphere microorganisms. Journal of Bacteriology 170: 4693-4698

170. de Maagd, R. A., Wijffelman, C. A., Pees, E. and Lugtenberg, B. 1988 Detection and subcellular localization of two sym plasmid-dependent proteins of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. Journal of Bacteriology 170: 4424-4427

171. de Maagd, R. A., van Rossum, C., and Lugtenberg, B. 1988 Recognition of individual strains of fast-growing rhizobia by using profiles of membrane proteins and lipopolysaccharides. Journal of Bacteriology 170: 3782-3785

172. Zaat, A. J. , Wuffelman, C. A., Mulders, H. M., van Brussel, A. N. and Lugtenberg, B. 1988 Root exudates of various host plants of Rhizobium leguminosarum contain different sets of inducers of Rhizobium nodulation genes. Plant Physiology 86: 1298-1303

173. Kijne, J. W., Smit, G., Diaz, C. L. and Lugtenberg, B. 1988 Lectin-enhanced accumulation of manganese-limited Rhizobium leguminosarum cells on pea root hair tips. Journal of Bacteriology 170: 2994-3000

174. Okker, R. J., Spaink, H. P., Zaat, S. A., Wijffelman, C. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1988 Flavonoids in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research 280: 71-76

175. de Maagd, R. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1988 Outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria. Biochemical Society Transactions 15: 54S-62S

176. Cremers, H. C. C., Wijffelman, C. A., Pees, E., Rolfe, B. G., Djordjevic, M. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1988 Host specific nodulation of plants of the pea cross-inoculation group is influenced by genes in fast growing Rhizobium downstream nodC. Journal of Plant Physiology 132: 398-404

177. Evenberg, D., Graaff, D. P., Lugtenberg, B., and Muiswinkel, V. W. 1988 Vaccine-induced protective immunity against Aeromonas salmonicida tested in experimental carp erythrodermatitis. Journal of Fish Diseases 11: 337-350

     1987

178. Zaat, S. A., van Brussel, A. A., Tak, T., Pees, E. and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Flavonoids induce Rhizobium leguminosarum to produce nodDABC gene-related factors that cause thick, short roots and root hair responses on common vetch. Journal of Bacteriology 169: 3388-3391

179. de Weger, L. A., van der Vlugt, C. I., Wijfjes, A. H., Bakker, P. A., Schippers, B. and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Flagella of a plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas fluorescens strain are required for colonization of potato roots. Journal of Bacteriology 169: 2769-2773

180. Zaat, S. A., Wijffelman, C. A., Spaink, H. P., van Brussel, A. A., Okker, R. J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Induction of the nodA promoter of Rhizobium leguminosarum Sym plasmid pRL1JI by plant flavanones and flavones. Journal of Bacteriology 169: 198-204

181. de Weger, L. A., Jann, B., Jann, K., and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Lipopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas spp. that stimulate plant growth: composition and use for strain identification. Journal of Bacteriology 169: 1441-1446

182. Smit, G., Kijne, J. W., and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Involvement of both cellulose fibrils and a CaCl-dependent adhesin in the attachment of Rhizobium leguminosarum to pea root hair tips. Journal of Bacteriology 169: 4294-4301

183. de Maagd, R. A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Fractionation of Rhizobium leguminosarum cells into outer membrane, cytoplasmic membrane, periplasmic, and cytoplasmic components. Journal of Bacteriology 167: 1083-1085

184. De Weger, L.A., Lugtenberg, B., Bakker, P.A.H.M., Bakker, A., Schippers, B., Marrug, J. and Weisbeek, P. 1987 Potato plant-growth stimulating Pseudomonas spp. Acta Botanica Nederlandica 36: 183-183

185. De Weger, L. A., Jann, B., Jann, K., and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Lipopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas spp. that stimulate plant growth: composition and use for strain identification. Journal of Bacteriology 169: 1441-1446.

186. Spaink, H. P., Okker, J. H., Wijffelman, C. A., Pees, E., and Lugtenberg, B. 1987 Promoters in the nodulation region of the Rhizobium leguminosarum Sym plasmid pRL1JI. Plant Molecular Biology 9: 27-39

187. Spaink, H. P., Wijffelman, C. A., Pees, E., Okker, R. J., and Lugtenberg, B. J. J. 1987 Rhizobium nodulation gene nodD as a determinant of host specificity. Nature 328: 337-340

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188. van der Ley, P., Kuipers, O., Tommassen, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1986 0-antigenic chains of lipopolysaccharide prevent binding of antibody molecules to an outer membrane pore protein in Enterobacteriaceae. Microbial Pathogenesis 1: 43-49

189. Lugtenberg, B., van Boxtel, R.,Evenberg, D., de Jong, M., Storm, P. and Frik, J. 1986 Biochemical and immunological characterization of cell surface proteins of Pasteurella multocida strains causing atrophic rhinitis in swine. Infection and Immunity 52: 175-182

190. de Weger, L. A., van Boxtel, R., van der Burg, B., Gruters, R. A., Geels, F. P., Schippers, B. and Lugtenberg, B. 1986 siderophores and outer membrane proteins of antagonistic, Plant Growth-Stimulating, root-colonizing Pseudomonas spp. Journal of Bacteriology 165. 585-594

191. van Brussel, A. A., Zaat, S. A., Cremers, H. C., Wijffelman, C. A., Pees, E., Tak, T. and Lugtenberg, B. 1986 Role of plant root exudate and Sym plasmid-localized nodulation genes in the synthesis by Rhizobium leguminosarum of Tsr factor, which causes thick and short roots on common vetch. Journal of Bacteriology 165: 517-522

192. de Maagd, R. A., and Lugtenberg, B. 1986 Fractionation of Rhizobium leguminosarum cells into outer membrane, cytoplasmic membrane, periplasmic, and cytoplasmic components. Journal of Bacteriology 167: 1083-1085

193. Diaz, C. L., Van Spronsen, P. C., Bakhuizen, R., Logman, G. J. J., Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and Kijne, J. W. 1986 Correlation between infection by Rhizobium leguminosarum and lectin on the surface of Pisum sativum L. roots. Planta 168: 350-359.

194. Pees, E., Wijffelman, C., Mulders, I., van Brussel, A. A., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1986 Transposition of Tn1831 to Sym plasmids of Rhizobium leguminosarum and Rhizobium trifolii. FEMS Microbiology Letters 33: 165-171.

195. Smit, G., Kijne, J. W., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1986 Correlation between extracellular fibrils and attachment of Rhizobium leguminosarum to pea root hair tips. Journal of Bacteriology 168: 821-827.

196. Smit, G., Kijne, J., and Lugtenberg, B. J. 1986 The attachment mechanism of Rhizobium. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology 52: 362-363

     1985

197. Korteland, J., Overbeeke, N., de Graaff, P., Overduin, P. and Lugtenberg, B. 1985 Role of the Arg¹⁵⁸ residue of the outer membrane PhoE pore protein of Escherichia coli K 12 in bacteriophage TC45 recognition and in channel characteristics. European Journal of Biochemistry 152: 691-697

198. van Brussel, A. A., Zaat, S. A., Wijffelman, C. A., Pees, E. and Lugtenberg, B. 1985 Bacteriocin small of fast-growing rhizobia is chloroform soluble and is not required for effective nodulation, Journal of Bacteriology 162: 1079-1082

199. Evenberg, D., Versluis, R. and Lugtenberg, B. 1985 Biochemical and immunological characterization of the cell surface of the fish pathogenic bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 815: 233-244

200. van der Ley, P., Amesz, H., Tommassen, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1985 Monoclonal antibodies directed against the cell-surface-exposed part of PhoE pore protein of the Escherichia coli K-12 outer membrane. European Journal of Biochemistry 147: 401-407

201. Wijffelman, C. A., Pees, E., Brussel, A. A. N., Okker, J. H. and Lugtenberg, B. 1985 Genetic and functional analysis of the nodulation region of the Rhizobium leguminosarum Sym plasmid pRL1JI. Archives of Microbiology 143: 225-232

     1984

202. Verhoef, C., van Koppen, C., Overduin, P., Lugtenberg, B., Korteland, J. and Tommassen, J. 1984 Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli K-12 of the structural gene for outer membrane PhoE protein from Enterobacter cloacae. Gene 32: 107-115

203. Lugtenberg, B.,van Boxtel, R., van den Bosch, R., de Jong, M. and Storm, P. 1984 Biochemical and immunological analyses of the cell surface of Bordetella bronchiseptiea isolates with special reference to atrophic rhinitis in swine. Vaccine 2: 265-273

204. Lugtenberg, B., van Boxtel, R. and de Jong, M. 1984 Atrophic rhinitis in Swine: correlation of Pasteurella multocida pathogenicity with membrane protein and lipopolysaccharide patterns. Infection and Immunity 46: 48-54

205. Korteland, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1984 Increased efficiency of the outer membrane PhoE protein pore in Escherichia coli k-12 mutants with heptose-deficient lipopolysaccharide. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 774: 119-126

206. Tommassen, J., Pugsley, A. P., Korteland, J., Verbakel, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1984 Gene encoding a hybrid OmpF-PhoE pore protein in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics 197: 503-508

207. Tommassen, J., Hiemstra, P., Overduin, P. and Lugtenberg, B. 1984 Cloning of phoM, a gene involved in regulation of the synthesis of phosphate limitation inducible proteins in Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics 195: 190-194

208. Leunissen, J., van Damme-Jongsten, M., Tommassen, J., Lugtenberg, B. and Verkleij, A. 1984 The localisation of PhoE and b-galactosidase antigens in wild type and phoE/1acZ hybrid Escherichia coli. Cell Biology International Reports 8: 187

209. Tommassen, J., Pugsley, A. P., Korteland, J., Verbakel, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1984 Gene encoding a hybrid OmpF-PhoE pore protein in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics 197: 503-508

210. Tommassen, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1984 Amino terminus of outer membrane PhoE protein: localization by use of a bla-phoE hybrid gene. Journal of Bacteriology 157: 327-329

211. Korteland, J., De Graaff, P., and Lugtenberg, B. 1984 PhoE protein pores in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K-12 not only have a preference for P_i and P_i-containing solutes but are general anion-preferring channels. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes 778: 311-316.

212. Okker, R. J., Spaink, H., Hille, J., van Brussel, T. A., Lugtenberg, B., and Schilperoort, R. A. 1984 Plant-inducible virulence promoter of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid. Nature 312: 564-566

     1983

213. Overbeeke, N., Bergmans, H., van Mansfeld, F. and Lugtenberg, B. 1983 Complete nucleotide sequence of phoE, the structural gene for the phosphate limitation inducible outer membrane pore protein of Escherichia coli K12. Journal of Molecular Biology 163: 513-532

214. Lugtenberg, B.and van Alphen, L. 1983 Molecular architecture and functioning of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli and other gram-negative bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 737: 51 - 115.

215. Tommassen, J., Huub van Tol and Lugtenberg, B. 1983 The ultimate localization of an outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli K-12 is not determined by the signal sequence. The EMBO Journal 2: 1275-1279

     1982

216. Korteland, J., Tommassen, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1982 PhoE protein pore of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12 is a particularly efficient channel for organic and inorganic phosphate. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 690: 282-289

217. Overbeeke, N. and Lugtenberg, B. 1982 recognition site for phosphorus containing compounds and other negatively charged solutes on the PhoE protein pore of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. European Journal of Biochemistry 126: 113-118

218. Tommassen, J., de Geus, P., Lugtenberg, B., Hackett, J. and Reeves, P. 1982 Regulation of the pho regulon of Escherichia coli K-12. Cloning of the regulatory genes phoB and phoR and identification of their gene products. Journal of Molecular Biology 157: 265-274

219. Tommassen, J., Overduin, P., Lugtenberg, B. and Bergmans, H. 1982 Cloning of phoE, the structural gene for the Escherichia coli phosphate limitation-inducible outer membrane pore protein. Journal of Bacteriology 149: 668-672

220. Tommassen, J., Ley. P., Ende, E., Bergmans, H. and Lugtenberg, B. 1982 Cloning of ompF, the structural gene for an outer membrane pore protein of E. coli K12: Physical localization and homology with the phoE gene, MGG - Molecular and General Genetics 185: 105-110

221. Evenberg, D. and Lugtenberg, B. 1982 Cell surface of the fish pathogenic bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida. II. Purification and characterization of a major cell envelope protein related to autoagglutination, adhesion and virulence. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 684: 249-254

222. Evenberg, D., van Boxtel, R., Lugtenberg, B., Schurer, F., Blommaert, J. and Bootsma, R. 1982 Cell surface of the fish pathogenic bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida. I. Relationship between autoagglutination and the presence of a major cell envelope protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 684: 241-248

223. Tommassen, J., and Lugtenberg, B. 1982 PHO-regulon of Escherichia coli K12: a minireview. In: Annales de Microbiologie (Vol. 133, No. 2, p. 243)

     1981

224. Tommassen, J., van der Ley, P. and Lugtenberg, B. 1981 Genetic and biochemical characterization of anEscherichia coli K-12 mutant with an altered outer membrane protein. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 47: 325-337

225. Tommassen, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1981 Localization of PhoE, the structural gene for outer membrane protein e in Escherichia coli K-12. Journal of Bacteriology 147: 118-123

226. Lugtenberg, B. 1981 Transport through the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 47: 580-581

227. Lugtenberg, B. 1981 Composition and function of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 6: 262-266

     1980

228. Overbeeke, N. and Lugtenbverg, B. 1980 Major outer membrane proteins of Escherichia coli strains of human origin. Journal of General Microbiology 121: 373-380

229. Tommassen, J., Lugtenberg, B. 1980 Outer membrane protein e of Escherichia coli K-12 is co-regulated with alkaline phosphatase. Journal of Bacteriology 143: 151-157

230. Overbeeke, N., Lugtenberg, B., Expression of outer membrane protein e of Escherichia coli K12 by phosphate limitation. FEBS Letters 112: 229-232

231. Burnell, E., van Alphen, L., Verkleij, A., de Kruijff, B. and Lugtenberg, B. 1980 ³¹P nuclear magnetic resonance and freeze-fracture electron microscopy studies on Escherichia coli. III. The outer membrane. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 597: 518-532

232. Overbeeke, N., van Scharrenburg, G. and Lugtenberg, B. 1980 Antigenic relationships between pore proteins of Escherichia coli K12. European Journal of Biochemistry 110: 247-254

233. Van Alphen, L., Verkleij, A., Burnell, E., and Lugtenberg, B. 1980 31 P Nuclear magnetic resonance and freeze-fracture electron microscopy studies on Escherichia coli. II. Lipopolysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide-phospholipid complexes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes 597: 502-517

     1979

234. van Alphen, L., Lugtenberg, B., Rietschel, E. T., Mombers, C. 1979 Architecture of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. Phase transitions of the bacteriophage K3 receptor complex. European Journal of Biochemistry 101: 571-579

235. Lugtenberg, B., van Boxtel, R., Verhoef, C. and van Alphen, W. 1979 Pore protein e of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. FEBS Letters 96: 99-105

236. Verhoef, C., Lugtenberg, B., Boxtel, R., Graaff, P., Verheij, H., Genetics and biochemistry of the peptidoglycan-associated proteins b and c of Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics 169: 137-146.

237. van Alphen, L., van Alphen, W., Verkleij, A. and Lugtenberg, B. 1979 Architecture of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. IV. Relationship between outer membrane particles and aqueous pores. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 556 : 233-243.

238. van Alphen, L., Lugtenberg, B., van Boxtel, R., Hack, A. M., Verhoef, C. and Havekes, L. 1979 meoA is the structural gene for outer membrane protein c of Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics169: 147-55

     1978

239. van Alphen, L., Verkleij, A., Leunissen-Bijvelt, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1978 Architecture of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli III. protein-lipopolysaccharide complexes in intramembraneous particles. Journal of Bacteriology 134: 1089-1098

240. Van Alphen, W., van Seim, N. and Lugtenberg, B. 1978 Pores in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12: involvement of proteins b and e in the functioning of pores for nucleotides, Molecular and General Genetics 159: 75-83

241. Van Alphen, W., Van Boxtel, R., Van Selm, N., and Lugtenberg, B. 1978 Pores in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. Involvement of proteins b and c in the permeation of cephaloridine and ampicillin. FEMS Microbiology Letters 3: 103-106

     1977

242. Verkleij, A., van Alphen, L., Bijvelt, J. and Lugtenberg, B. 1977 Architecture of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. II. Freeze fracture morphology of wild type and mutant strains. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 466: 269-282

243. van Alphen, L., Lugtenberg, B., van Boxtel, R. and Verhoef, K. 1977 Architecture of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K12. I. Action of phospholipases A2 and C on wild type strains and outer membrane mutants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 466: 257-268.

244. Lugtenberg, B., Bronstein, H., van Selm, N. and Peters, R. 1977 Peptidoglycan-associated outer membrane proteins in gammegatine bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 465: 571-578

245. van Alphen, L., Havekes, L. and Lugtenberg, B. 1977 Major outer membrane protein d of Escherichia coli K12. Purification and in vitro activity of bacteriophages k3 and f-pilus mediated conjugation. FEBS Letters 75: 285-290

246. van Alphen, W. and Lugtenberg, B. 1977 Influence of osmolarity of the growth medium on the outer membrane protein pattern of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 131: 623-630

247. Havekes, L., Tommassen, J., Hoekstra, W. and Lugtenberg, B. 1977 Isolation and characterization of Escherichia coli K-12 F-mutants defective in conjugation with an I-type donor. Journal of Bacteriology 129: 1-8

248. Verhoef, C., De Graaff, P. J., and Lugtenberg, E. J. J. 1977 Mapping of a gene for a major outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli K12 with the aid of a newly isolated bacteriophage. Molecular and General Genetics MGG 150: 103-105

     1976

249. Havekes, L. M., Lugtenberg, B. , and Hoekstra, P. M. 1976 Conjugation Deficient Escherichia coli K12 F^- Mutants with Heptose-less Lipopolysaccharide. Molecular and General Genetics 146: 43-50

250. Lugtenberg, B., Peters, R., Bernheimer, H., Berendsen, W. 1976 Influence of cultural conditions and mutations on the composition of the outer membrane proteins of Escherichia coli. Molecular and General Genetics 147: 251-262

251. van Alphen, W., Lugtenberg, B. and Berendsen, W. 1976 Heptose-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli K12 deficient in up to three major outer membrane proteins. Molecular and General Genetics 147: 263-269

252. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and Peters, R. 1976 Distribution of lipids in cytoplasmic and outer membranes of Escherichia coli K12. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Lipids and Lipid Metabolism 441: 38-47

253. Verkleij, A. J., Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and Ververgaert, P. T. 1976 Freeze etch morphology of outer membrane mutants of Escherichia coli K12. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes 426: 581-586

     1975

254. Lugtenberg, B., Meijers, J., Peters, R., van der Hoek, P., van Alphen, L. 1975 Electrophoretic resolution of the "major outer membrane protein" of Escherichia coli K12 into four bands. FEBS Letters 58: 254-258

255. Alphen, W., Lugtenberg, B. and Berendsen, W. 1975 Heptose-deficient mutants ofEscherichia coli K12 deficient in up to three major outer membrane proteins. Molecular and General Genetics 147: 263-269

256. Havekes, L. M., Lugtenberg, B. and Hoekstra, P. M. 1975 Conjugation deficient E. coli K12 F- mutants with heptose-less lipopolysaccharide. Molecular and General Genetics 146: 43-50

     1973

257. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and van Schijndel-van Dam, A. 1973 Temperature-sensitive mutant of Escherichia coli K-12 with an impaired D-alanine: D-alanine ligase. Journal of Bacteriology 113: 96-104

258. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., Wijsman, H. J. W., and Van Zaane, D. 1973 Properties of a D-glutamic acid-requiring mutant of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 114: 499-506

259. Venkateswaran, P. S., Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and Wu, H. C. 1973 Inhibition of phosphoenolpyruvate: uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyltransferase by uridine diphosphate N-acetylmuramyl peptides. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Enzymology 293: 570-574

     1972

260. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., L. De Haas-Menger, and W. H. M. Ruyters. 1972. Murein synthesis and identification of cell wall precursors of temperature sensitive lysis mutants of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 109: 326-335

261. Lugtenberg, E. J. J. 1972. Studies on Escherichia coli enzymes involved in the synthesis of uridine diphosphate-N-acetyl-muramyl-pentapeptide. Journal of Bacteriology 110: 26-34

262. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and A. Van Schijndel-van Dam. 1972. Temperature-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 with low activities of the L-alanine adding enzyme and the D-alanyl-D-alanine adding enzyme. Journal of Bacteriology 110: 35-40

263. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and A. Van Schijndel-van Dam. 1972. Temperature-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 with a low activity of the diaminopimelic acid adding enzyme. Journal of Bacteriology 110: 41-46

264. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., Hellings, J.A. and Van de Berg, G.J. 1972 Inhibition of peptidoglycan synthesis by the antibiotic diumycin A. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2: 485-491

     1971

265. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., and De Haan, P. G. 1971 A simple method for following the fate of alanine-containing components in murein synthesis in Escherichia coli. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 37: 537-552

266. Lugtenberg, E. J. J., Van Schijndel-Van Dam, A., and Van Bellegem, T. H. M. 1971 In vivo and in vitro action of new antibiotics interfering with the utilization of N-acetyl-glucosamine-N-acetyl-muramyl-pentapeptide. Journal of Bacteriology 108: 20-29