Molecular analyses of Erwinia amylovora strains isolated in Russia, Poland, Slovenia and Austria describing further spread of fire blight in Europe

Microbiological Research

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 447-454

  Jock, Susanne ^a   Wensing, Annette ^a   Pulawska, Joanna ^b   Drenova, Nataliya ^c   Dreo, Tanja ^d   Geider, Klaus ^a  

^a Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE   (Poland)

^c All Russian Plant Quarantine Center   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fire blight; Molecular differentiation; PFGE analysis; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

BANDING PATTERNS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FIRE BLIGHT; MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PFGE ANALYSIS; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION ENZYMES;

DNA;

FIRES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; FRUIT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; EUROPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLAND; PYRUS; SLOVENIA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; EUROPE; MALUS; PLANT DISEASES; POLAND; PYRUS; SLOVENIA;

EUROPE; IRAN; TURKEY;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

EID: 84878472573     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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