Diversities in virulence, antifungal activity, pigmentation and DNA fingerprint among strains of Burkholderia glumae.

Burkholderia glumae is the primary causal agent of bacterial panicle blight of rice. In this study, 11 naturally avirulent and nine virulent strains of B. glumae native to the southern United States were characterized in terms of virulence in rice and onion, toxofalvin production, antifungal activit...

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Main Authors: Hari S Karki, Bishnu K Shrestha, Jae Woo Han, Donald E Groth, Inderjit K Barphagha, Milton C Rush, Rebecca A Melanson, Beom Seok Kim, Jong Hyun Ham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445519?pdf=render