Characterization of genes required for the pathogenicity of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum Pcc21 in Chinese cabbage

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART7, 2013, Pages 1487-1496

  Lee, Dong Hwan ^a   Lim, Jeong A ^a   Lee, Juneok ^a   Roh, Eunjung ^a   Jung, Kyusuk ^a   Choi, Minseon ^b   Oh, Changsik ^b   Ryu, Sangryeol ^c   Yun, Jongchul ^a   Heu, Sunggi ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; CELL WALL; CHINESE CABBAGE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLUM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON; TYPE I SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BRASSICA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 84879828095     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.067280-0     Document Type: Article

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