Unstable green fluorescent protein for study of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri survival on citrus

Plant Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 977-985

  Cubero, J ^a   Gell, I ^a   Johnson, E G ^b   Redondo, A ^b,c   Graham, J H ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Citrus bacterial canker; Epiphytic; GFP; Persistence; Phyllosphere

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL ORGANELLE; DESICCATION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIPHYTE; EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; INOCULATION; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 80052434494     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02450.x     Document Type: Article

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