Evidence for the association of the enteric bacterium Ewingella americana with internal stipe necrosis of Agaricus bisporus

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3253-3260

  Inglis, Peter W ^a   Burden, John L ^b   Peberdy, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Thorpe Farm Mushrooms   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Ewingella americana; Internal stipe necrosis; Koch's postulates; Mushroom disease

Indexed keywords

AGARICALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AGARICALES; AGARICUS BISPORUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EWINGELLA AMERICANA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0029961965     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-11-3253     Document Type: Article

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