Molecular and biological characterization of ϕRs551, a filamentous bacteriophage isolated from a race 3 biovar 2 strain of Ralstonia solanacearum

• Abdelmonim Ali Ahmad,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, United States National Arboretum, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, El-minia, Egypt

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• Michael J. Stulberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Current address: CPHST-Beltsville Lab, USDA/APHIS, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, United States National Arboretum, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• John Patrick Mershon,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, United States National Arboretum, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Dimitre S. Mollov,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Qi Huang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: qi.huang@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliation Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, United States National Arboretum, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-4491

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