Identification of bacteriophages for biocontrol of the kiwifruit canker phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2216-2228

  Frampton, Rebekah A ^a,b   Taylor, Corinda ^a   Holguín Moreno, Angela V ^a,d   Visnovsky, Sandra B ^b   Petty, Nicola K ^c   Pitman, Andrew R ^b   Fineran, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONTROL; ELECTROPHORESIS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENS;

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RESTRICTION DIGESTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOST RANGE; MORPHOLOGY; ORCHARD;

NEW ZEALAND;

VIRUS DNA;

ACTINIDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY;

ACTINIDIA; CAUDOVIRALES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRION;

EID: 84896036737     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00062-14     Document Type: Article

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