Pathogenicity and infection strategies of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora in Rosaceae: state of the art.

K, Vrancken; M, Holtappels; H, Schoofs; T, Deckers; R, Valcke

doi:10.1099/mic.0.064881-0

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Pathogenicity and infection strategies of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora in Rosaceae: state of the art.

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Vrancken K

Holtappels M

Schoofs H

Abstract

Plants are host to a large amount of pathogenic bacteria. Fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is an important disease in Rosaceae. Pathogenicity of E. amylovora is greatly influenced by the production of exopolysaccharides, such as amylovoran, and the use of the type III secretio...

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