Pectobacterium parmentieri SCC 3193 Mutants with Altered Synthesis of Cell Surface Polysaccharides Are Resistant to N4-Like Lytic Bacteriophage ϕA38 (vB_Ppp_A38) but Express Decreased Virulence in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Plants.

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Pectobacterium parmentieri is a Gram-negative plant-pathogenic bacterium able to infect potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Little is known about lytic bacteriophages infecting P. parmentieri and how phage-resistance influences the environmental fitness and virulence of this species. A lytic phage vB_Ppp_A38 (ϕA38) has been previously isolated and characterized as a potential biological control agent for the...

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