Characterization of Erwinia amylovora strains from Bulgaria by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 67 C, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 187-194

  Atanasova, Iliana ^a   Urshev, Zoltan ^b   Hristova, Petya ^a   Bogatzevska, Nevena ^c   Moncheva, Penka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b LB Bulgaricum Plc   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Erwinia amylovora; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FRAGARIA; MALOIDEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ROSOIDEAE;

EID: 84860489086     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2012-3-411     Document Type: Article

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