Detection and visualization of an exopolysaccharide produced by Xylella fastidiosa in vitro and in planta

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7252-7258

  Roper, M Caroline ^a   Greve, L Carl ^a   Labavitch, John M ^a   Kirkpatrick, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SUGARS;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; OPERONS; XANTHAN GUM; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYMER; XANTHAN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANT DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; XYLEM;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; XYLELLA;

PANTOEA STEWARTII; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; VITIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 36649029325     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00895-07     Document Type: Article

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