Rapid detection and identification of the bacterium Pantoea stewartii in maize by TaqMan® real-time PCR assay targeting the cpsD gene

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1525-1537

  Tambong, J T ^a   Mwange, K N ^a   Bergeron, M ^b   Ding, T ^b   Mandy, F ^b   Reid, L M ^a   Zhu, X ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn; Erwinia stewartii; Flow cytometry; Stewart's wilt; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY);

CORN; DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATIONS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA STEWARTII; PANTOEA; RAPID DETECTION; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; STEWART WILT; ZEA MAYS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CLONE; CROP DAMAGE; DETECTION METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEAF; LESION; MAIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CPSD GENE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42149122108     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03674.x     Document Type: Article

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