Practical Benefits of Knowing the Enemy: Modern Molecular Tools for Diagnosing the Etiology of Bacterial Diseases and Understanding the Taxonomy and Diversity of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-180

  Bull, Carolee T ^a   Koike, Steven T ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomospecies; MLSA; Pathotype; Pathovar; Rep PCR; Type

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIUM; CALIFORNIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; EDUCATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84938700722     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: 15452107     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080614-120122     Document Type: Article

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