Application of RFLP analysis of recA, gyrA and rpoS gene fragments for rapid differentiation of Erwinia amylovora from Erwinia strains isolated in Korea and Japan

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-172

  Waleron, Malgorzata ^a   Waleron, Krzysztof ^a   Geider, Klaus ^b   Lojkowska, Ewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Housekeeping genes; PCR fingerprinting; Plant pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORCHARD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA VAR. CULTA;

EID: 43149099016     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-007-9260-3     Document Type: Article

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