Generalized transduction in the potato blackleg pathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica by bacteriophage ∅M1

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2433-2438

  Toth, I K ^a,b   Mulholland, V ^a,d   Cooper, V ^a   Bentley, S ^a,c   Shin, Y L ^a,c   Perombelon, M C M ^b   Salmond, G P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica; Generalized transduction; Potato blackleg; m1

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030788248     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2433     Document Type: Article

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