Phenotypic comparison of clinical and plant-beneficial strains of Pantoea agglomerans

International Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-90

  Bonaterra, Anna ^a   Badosa, Esther ^a   Rezzonico, Fabio ^b,c   Duffy, Brion ^b,c   Montesinos, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ames test; Biocontrol; Biosafety; Caenorhabditis elegans; Erwinia amylovora; Hemolytic activity; Meloidogyne javanica; Pantoea agglomerans; Penicillium expansum; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FRUIT; MALUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PENICILLIUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FRUIT; MALUS; PANTOEA; PENICILLIUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84907257009     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.210     Document Type: Article

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