title: Bacteriophages of Soft Rot Enterobacteriaceae-a minireview.
abstract: Soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp., formerly pectinolytic Erwinia spp.) are ubiquitous necrotrophic bacterial pathogens that infect a large number of different plant species worldwide, including economically important crops. Despite the fact that these bacteria have been studied for more than 50 years, little is known of their corresponding predators: bacteriophages, both lytic and lysogenic. The aim of this minireview is to critically summarize recent ecological, biological and molecular research on bacteriophages infecting Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. with the main focus on current and future perspectives in that field.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Kladki 24, 80-822 Gdansk, Poland robert.czajkowski@biotech.ug.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Czajkowski
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Dickeya; Erwinia; Pectobacterium; lysogeny; lytic cycle; viruses