Pantoea ananatis: An unconventional plant pathogen

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-335

  Coutinho, Teresa A ^a   Venter, Stephanus N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE;

PANTOEA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA ANANATIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 64949188611     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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