The status of molecular biological research on the plant pathogenic genus Clavibacter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Metzler, Mary C ^a   Laine, Marko J ^a   De Boer, Solke H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bacterial plant disease; Clavibacter; Corynebacterium; fastidious bacteria; molecular plant pathology; Rathayibacter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLAVIBACTER;

EID: 0030957909     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00044-X     Document Type: Review

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