Genomics and taxonomy in diagnostics for food security: soft-rotting enterobacterial plant pathogens

• Published in: Analytical methods Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 12 - 24
• Main Authors: Pritchard, Leighton, Glover, Rachel H., Humphris, Sonia, Elphinstone, John G., Toth, Ian K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2016
• Subjects: analytical methods; Bacteria; Classification; Diagnostic systems; diagnostic techniques; Dickeya; epidemiology; Erwinia; food security; Foods; genomics; genotype; issues and policy; laws and regulations; Legislation; ornamental plants; Pantoea; Pathogens; Pectobacterium; phenotype; plant pathogenic bacteria; quarantine; Security; sequence analysis; soil; surface water; Taxonomy

Soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) are bacterial plant pathogens that cause blackleg, wilt and soft rot diseases on a broad range of important crop and ornamental plants worldwide. These organisms (spanning the genera Erwinia , Pectobacterium , Dickeya , and Pantoea ) cause significant economic and y...