Phylogeny and virulence of naturally occurring type III secretion system-deficient Pectobacterium strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4539-4549

  Kim, Hye Sook ^a   Bing, Ma ^a   Perna, Nicole T ^a   Charkowski, Amy O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; GENE CLUSTERS; HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PLANT SPECIES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFT-ROT; TRANSCRIBED SPACER; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; RNA; SECRETION; STEM; SUBSPECIES; TUBER; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM WASABIAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUBER (GENUS); TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PECTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM WASABIAE;

EID: 67649600424     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01336-08     Document Type: Article

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