Pseudomonas corrugata: Plant pathogen and/or biological resource?: Pathogen profile

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-244

  Catara, Vittoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONADALES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 34247362127     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00391.x     Document Type: Review

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