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Identification and characterization of a Pantoea citrea gene encoding glucose dehydrogenase that is essential for causing pink disease of pineapple.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 1997
Cha J S, Pujol C, Kado C I
Abstract excerpt
Pantoea citrea, a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae, causes pink disease of pineapple, whose symptom is characterized by the formation of pink to brown discolorations of the infected portions of the pineapple fruit cylinder upon canning. Molecular genetic approaches were applied to elucidate the mechanism responsible for this fruit discoloration. A P. citrea mutant strain, CMC6, defective in its ability to...
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