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Genotypic comparison of Pantoea agglomerans plant and clinical strains.
BMC microbiology - 22 Sept 2009
Rezzonico Fabio, Smits Theo H M, Montesinos Emilio, Frey Jürg E, Duffy Brion
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BACKGROUND: Pantoea agglomerans strains are among the most promising biocontrol agents for a variety of bacterial and fungal plant diseases, particularly fire blight of apple and pear. However, commercial registration of P. agglomerans biocontrol products is hampered because this species is currently listed as a biosafety level 2 (BL2) organism due to clinical reports as an opportunistic human pathogen. This...
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