Characterization of the Xanthomonas sp. causing wilt of enset and banana and its proposed reclassification as a strain of X. vasicola

Plant Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 170-177

  Aritua, V ^a,b   Parkinson, N ^a   Thwaites, R ^a   Heeney, J V ^a   Jones, D R ^a   Tushemereirwe, W ^b   Crozier, J ^c   Reeder, R ^c   Stead, D E ^a   Smith, J ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatty acid methyl ester analysis; gyrase B sequence; Musa spp.; Rep PCR; Xanthomonad taxonomy; Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; MAIZE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGAR CANE; TAXONOMY; WILT;

AFRICA;

MUSA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS SP.; XANTHOMONAS VASICOLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38349065107     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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