Polyphasic study of plant- and clinic-associated Pantoea agglomerans strains reveals indistinguishable virulence potential

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1381-1391

  Völksch, Beate ^a   Thon, Susanne ^a   Jacobsen, Ilse D ^b   Gube, Matthias ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Identification; Pantoea agglomerans; Pantoea spp.; Pheno and genotyping; Phylogeny; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GAPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ZYGOTE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOYBEANS; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; PANTOEA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA ANANATIS;

EID: 70449572665     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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