Exploring practical applications of metabarcoding with MinION to support the surveillance of the phloem bacteria ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ and ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ Everaert Ellen*, Jonghe Kris De, Slos Dieter, Heyneman Maaike, Haegeman Annelies Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Plant Sciences Unit, Merelbeke, Belgium *Corresponding author e-mail: Ellen Everaert (ellen.everaert@ilvo.vlaanderen.be)
Online published on 23 May, 2023. Abstract Anticipating the huge potential of ONT long read sequencing in plant health diagnostics, the METAMINSURV project will evaluate the feasibility to use MinION metabarcoding as a fast and accurate diagnostic tool for detection and identification of the phloem bacteria ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ and ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’. Top Keywords Phytoplasma, Liberibacter, MinION, Metabarcoding, Detection, Identification, Classification, MLST. Top |