DNA Barcoding for Identification of 'Candidatus Phytoplasmas' Using a Fragment of the Elongation Factor Tu Gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Makarova, Olga ^a,c   Contaldo, Nicoletta ^b   Paltrinieri, Samanta ^b   Kawube, Geofrey ^a   Bertaccini, Assunta ^b   Nicolaisen, Mogens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYTOPLASMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TUF GENE;

DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; INTERNET; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 84871325028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052092     Document Type: Article

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