Biological control of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora using bacteriophages

S Gayder, S Kammerecker, L Fieseler - Journal of Plant Pathology, 2023 - Springer
Bacteriophages offer unique benefits for the specific control of Erwinia amylovora, the
causative agent of fire blight in pome fruit. Unfortunately, the majority of described phages …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation of nine bacteriophages shown effective against Erwinia amylovora in Korea

J Park, B Kim, S Song, YW Lee… - The Plant Pathology …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Erwinia amylovora is a devastating bacterial plant pathogen that infects Rosaceae including
apple and pear and causes fire blight. Bacteriophages have been considered as a …

The history of fire blight biocontrol with Gram-negative bacteria and bacteriophages

J Puławska, A Mikiciński, P Sobiczewski - Journal of Plant Pathology, 2024 - Springer
Fire blight caused by bacterium Erwinia amylovora is one of the most damaging diseases of
apple and pear trees and many other plant species of the Rosaceae family. So far, it has …

Optimizing the formulation of Erwinia bacteriophages for improved UV stability and adsorption on apple leaves

SJ Jo, SG Kim, J Park, YM Lee, SS Giri, SB Lee… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects plants of the Rosaceae family and causes
significant economic losses worldwide. Although antibiotics have been used to control the …

Two novel Erwinia amylovora bacteriophages, Loshitsa2 and Micant, isolated in Belarus

NV Besarab, AV Letarov, EE Kulikov, VV Babenko… - Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
The complete genomes of the new Erwinia amylovora bacteriophages Loshitsa2 and Micant
are 43,092 bp and 43,028 bp long, respectively, encode 51 putative proteins, and have two …

The Bacteriophage pEp_SNUABM_08 Is a Novel Singleton Siphovirus with High Host Specificity for Erwinia pyrifoliae

SG Kim, E Roh, J Park, SS Giri, J Kwon, SW Kim… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Species belonging to the genus Erwinia are predominantly plant pathogens. A number of
bacteriophages capable of infecting Erwinia have been used for the control of plant …

Spontaneous Resistance of Erwinia amylovora Against Bacteriophage Y2 Affects Infectivity of Multiple Phages

LE Knecht, Y Born, C Pelludat, JF Pothier… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Broad application of antibiotics gave rise to increasing numbers of antibiotic resistant
bacteria. Therefore, effective alternatives are currently investigated. Bacteriophages, natural …

Isolation and characterization of Septuagintavirus; a novel clade of Escherichia coli phages within the subfamily Vequintavirinae

A Cortés-Martín, C Buttimer, N Pozhydaieva… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Escherichia coli is a commensal inhabitant of the mammalian gut microbiota, frequently
associated with various gastrointestinal diseases. There is increasing interest in …

[HTML][HTML] First European Erwinia amylovora Lytic Bacteriophage Cocktails Effective in the Host: Characterization and Prospects for Fire Blight Biocontrol

EG Biosca, R Delgado Santander, F Morán… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fire blight, caused by the plant-pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is a highly
contagious and difficult-to-control disease due to its efficient dissemination and survival and …

Genomic insights into novel Erwinia bacteriophages: unveiling their Henunavirus membership and host infection strategies

SJ Jo, SS Giri, YM Lee, JH Park, MH Hwang, SB Lee… - Current …, 2024 - Springer
Erwinia amylovora, the primary causative agent of blight disease in rosaceous plants, poses
a significant threat to agricultural yield worldwide, with limited effective countermeasures …