Erwinia amylovora loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid pathogen detection and on-site diagnosis of fire blight

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 332-339

  Bühlmann, Andreas ^a   Pothier, Joël F ^a   Rezzonico, Fabio ^a   Smits, Theo H M ^a   Andreou, Michael ^b   Boonham, Neil ^c   Duffy, Brion ^a   Frey, Jürg E ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b OPTIGENE LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial phytopathogens; Comparative genomics; Erwinia amylovora; Fire blight; LAMP; Phytosanitary diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FIRE BLIGHT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLANT DISEASES; PYRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873702133     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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