Claim · model-written summary
Complete cuticle removal by sterilization assured loss of epiphytic microbes.
- Taxon
- a gymnosperm and an angiosperm treee1
- Treatment
- complete removal of the leaf cuticle by the sterilization techniquee0
- Interactor
- epiphytic microbese0other
- Outcome
- loss of epiphytic microbese0
- Direction
- losse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“complete removal of the leaf cuticle by the sterilization technique assures loss of epiphytic microbes”
e1“leaves of a gymnosperm and an angiosperm tree”
Title
Simple methods to remove microbes from leaf surfaces
J. Paola Saldierna Guzmán; Kennedy Nguyen; Stephen C. Hart Journal of Basic Microbiology 2020. doi:10.1002/jobm.202000035
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Method / resource PCR tests for leaf surface sterility were unreliable.
- Method / resource Leaf imprint tests for surface sterility were unreliable.
- Recommendation Different tree species may require different leaf sterilization protocols.
- Method / resource SEM was useful for evaluating surface sterilization effectiveness and leaf tissue integrity.