Bacteriophages of Erwinia amylovora

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2133-2138

  Gill, J J ^a,c   Svircev, A M ^a   Smith, R ^b   Castle, A J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY;

CAUSAL AGENTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN PEA1; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOPHAGE; HOST RANGE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINDING SITE; CANADA; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIPHYTE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; ERWINIA; MALUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOVIRIDAE; PLANT DISEASES; PODOVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PYRUS;

CANADA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAUDOVIRALES; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MYOVIRIDAE; PANTOEA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PODOVIRIDAE; PYRUS COMMUNIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037394667     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2133-2138.2003     Document Type: Article

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