Exploring diversity of Erwinia amylovora population in Serbia by conventional and automated techniques and detection of new PFGE patterns

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 715-727

  Ivanović, Milan ^a   Obadović, Aleksa ^a   Gašić, Katarina ^a   Minsavage, Gerald V ^b   Dickstein, Ellen R ^b   Jones, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriological characteristics; Biolog; Fatty acid analysis; PFGE grouping; Restriction analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FRUIT; HOST PLANT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MONTENEGRO; SERBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PYRUS;

EID: 84863420835     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-012-9950-3     Document Type: Article

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