Erwinia piriflorinigrans sp. nov., a novel pathogen that causes necrosis of pear blossoms

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 561-567

  López, María M ^a   Roselló, Montserrat ^b   Llop, Pablo ^a   Ferrer, Sergi ^c   Christen, Richard ^d   Gardan, Louis ^e  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA PIRIFLORINIGRANS; GENE SEQUENCE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEAR; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ERWINIA; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; PYRUS;

EID: 79952376804     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.020479-0     Document Type: Article

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