Evidence for plasmid-encoded virulence factors in the phytopathogenic bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis NCPPB382.

doi:10.1128/jb.175.7.2131-2136.1993

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Evidence for plasmid-encoded virulence factors in the phytopathogenic bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis NCPPB382.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 1993

Meletzus D, Bermphol A, Dreier J, Eichenlaub R

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The tomato pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis NCPPB382, which causes bacterial wilt, harbors two plasmids pCM1 (27.5 kb) and pCM2 (72 kb). After curing of the plasmids, bacterial derivatives were still proficient in the ability to colonize the host plant and in the production...

Topics

Actinomyces
Cellulase
Cloning, Molecular
Colony Count, Microbial
DNA, Bacterial
Phenotype
Plant Diseases
Plants, Edible
Plasmids
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Restriction Mapping
Virulence

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