Isolation of Enterobacter cowanii from Eucalyptus showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Uruguay

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-465

  Brady, C L ^a   Venter, S N ^a   Cleenwerck, I ^b   Engelbeen, K ^b   De Vos, P ^b   Wingfield, M J ^a   Telechea, N ^c   Coutinho, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Forestry Division   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bacterial blight; Endophyte; Enterobacter cowanii; Enterobacteriaceae; Eucalyptus

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRAIN; TOBACCO;

BACTERIAL BLIGHT; ENDOPHYTE; ENTEROBACTER COWANII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUCALYPTUS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DIEBACK; DNA; ENDOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPTOM; TREE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BLIGHT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIEBACK DISEASE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER COWANII; EUCALYPTUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; URUGUAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER COWANII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PANTOEA;

EID: 70349119571     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02692.x     Document Type: Article

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