Isolation and characterization of five Erwinia amylovora bacteriophages and assessment of phage resistance in strains of Erwinia amylovora

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Schnabel, E L ^a   Jones, A L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENOME; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ERWINIA; LYSOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ROSALES; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEGIBACTERIA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; RUBUS; RUBUS GLAUCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0035162343     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.1.59-64.2001     Document Type: Article

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