Effect of virulence and serial transfers of Xanthomonas campestris on xanthan gum production

The virulence of six Xanthomonas campestris isolates was evaluated using the percentage of lesion area of leaves in Brassica oleraceae host plant, compared to diameter of colonies, xanthan production and gum viscosity. In terms of virulence, the isolates belonged to two statistically different group...

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Main Authors: Nitschke Marcia, Rodrigues Vanessa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2000-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822000000100014