Genotypic comparison of Pantoea agglomerans plant and clinical strains.

ABSTRACT:

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 study compares plant-origin and clinical strains in a search for discriminating genotypic/phenotypic markers using multi-locus phylogenetic analysis and fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphisms (fAFLP) fingerprinting.

Results

Majority of the clinical isolates from culture collections were found to be improperly designated as P. agglomerans after sequence analys

SUBMITTER: Rezzonico F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2764716 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature