Xanthomonas citri: Breaking the surface

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-157

  Brunings, Asha M ^a   Gabriel, Dean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS MAXIMA; CITRUS X PARADISI; FORTUNELLA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PONCIRUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; XANTHOMONADACEAE; XANTHOMONADALES; XANTHOMONAS ALBILINEANS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE;

EID: 0037681624     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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