Sequence Diversity in the Dickeya fliC Gene: Phylogeny of the Dickeya Genus and TaqMan® PCR for 'D. solani', New Biovar 3 Variant on Potato in Europe

Johan Van Vaerenbergh; Steve Baeyen; Paul De Vos; Martine Maes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035738

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Sequence Diversity in the Dickeya fliC Gene: Phylogeny of the Dickeya Genus and TaqMan® PCR for 'D. solani', New Biovar 3 Variant on Potato in Europe

Johan Van Vaerenbergh ,

* E-mail: johan.vanvaerenbergh@ilvo.vlaanderen.be

Affiliation Unit Plant Sciences-Crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research-ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Steve Baeyen,

Affiliation Unit Plant Sciences-Crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research-ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Paul De Vos,

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Martine Maes

Affiliation Unit Plant Sciences-Crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research-ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Sequence Diversity in the Dickeya fliC Gene: Phylogeny of the Dickeya Genus and TaqMan® PCR for 'D. solani', New Biovar 3 Variant on Potato in Europe

Johan Van Vaerenbergh,
Steve Baeyen,
Paul De Vos,
Martine Maes

Published: May 3, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035738

About the Authors

Johan Van Vaerenbergh

* E-mail: johan.vanvaerenbergh@ilvo.vlaanderen.be

Affiliation Unit Plant Sciences-Crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research-ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium

Steve Baeyen

Affiliation Unit Plant Sciences-Crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research-ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium

Paul De Vos

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Martine Maes

Affiliation Unit Plant Sciences-Crop Protection, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research-ILVO, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVV MM SB PDV. Performed the experiments: SB JVV. Analyzed the data: JVV SB MM PDV. Wrote the paper: JVV MM SB PDV.

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