UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Scientists, clinicians, seed companies and others may soon have a new tool in their belt for detecting bacterial pathogens, thanks to a new study by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
The research - available online now and slated for publication in the November issue of the Journal of Microbiological Methods - details a new method for detecting Pseudomonas syringae, common bacteria that infect a wide variety of crops, vegetables and woody ornamentals.
The cost is similar to the traditional method, called enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA. However, the researchers' new method - cal...