Multilocus sequence typing confirms the close genetic interrelatedness of three distinct flavescence dorée phytoplasma strain clusters and group 16SrV phytoplasmas infecting grapevine and alder in Europe

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4001-4010

  Arnaud, Guillaume ^a   Malembic Maher, Sylvie ^a   Salar, Pascal ^a   Bonnet, Patrick ^a   Maixner, Michael ^b   Marcone, Carmine ^c   Boudon Padieu, Elisabeth ^d   Foissac, Xavier ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e Univ Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CLONING; FRUITS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALDER; GRAPEVINE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLASMAS;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSECT; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLASMA; VINE; VINEYARD;

ALDER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLACKBERRY; ELM; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENE LOCUS; GRAPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALNUS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CYTISUS MULTIFLORUS; FLAVESCENCE DOREE PHYTOPLASMA; RUBUS; SCAPHOIDEUS TITANUS; ULMUS; VITIS;

EID: 34250827880     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02323-06     Document Type: Article

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