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McCluskey K, Alvarez AM, Bennett AR , Bokati D, Boundy-Mills K, Brown D , Bull C, Coffey M, Dreaden T, Duke C, Dye G, Ehmke E,  Eversole K, Fenstermacher K, Geiser D, Glaeser JA, Greene S, Gribble L, Griffith, PM, Hanser K, Humber R, Johnson BW, Kermode A, Krichevsky M, Laudon M, Leach J, Leslie J, May M, Melcher U, Nobles D, Risso Fonseca N, Robinson S,  Ryan M, Scott J, Silflow C, Vidaver A, Webb KM, Wertz JE, Yentsch S, Zehr S. 2016. The US Culture Collection Network lays the foundation for progress in preservation of valuable microbial resources. Phytopathology 106:532-540.

Publication 180

Yasuhara-Bell, J. and Alvarez, A.M. 2013. Differentiation of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis from other Clavibacter species found in seed and plant tissues. Acta Hort. 1069:87-94. 

Publication 179

Yasuhara-Bell J and Alvarez AM. 2015. Differentiation of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis from other Clavibacter species found in seed and plant tissues. Acta Hort. 1069:87-94. 

Publication 177

Pruvost, O., et al. and Alvarez, A.M. 2015. The Dynamic World of the Genus Xanthomonas.  Pp. 381 - 418 in Virulence Mechanisms of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Eds. N. Wang; J.B. Jones; G. Sundin; F. White; S. Hogenhout; C. Roper; L. de la Fuente; J. Ham. American Phytopathological Society, APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Publication 176

Yasuhara-Bell J and Alvarez AM. 2015. Differentiation of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.michiganensis from other Clavibacter species found in seed and plant tissues. Acta Hort. 1069:87-94. 

Publication 173

Yasuhara-Bell J and Alvarez A.M. 2015. Seed-associated Clavibacter spp. are clearly distinguishable from Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 65(3):811-826. 

Publication 170

Yasuhara-Bell, J., Marrero G., and Alvarez, A.M. 2014.Genes clvA, clvF and clvG are unique to Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis and highly conserved. Eur J Plant Pathol. 140(4):655-664. (DOI: 10.1007/s10658-014-0495-5). 

Publication 166

Sueno, W.S.K., Marrero, G., de Silva, A.S., Sether, D. and Alvarez, A.M. 2013.  Diversity of Dickeya sp. strains collected from pineapple plants and irrigation water in Hawaii. Plant Dis. 98(6): 817-824.

Publication 165

Paret, M.L., Sharma, S.K., and Alvarez, A.M., 2012.  Characterization of bio-fumigated Ralstonia solanacearum cells using micro-Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy.  Phytopathology 102:105-113.

Publication 164

Paret, M.L., Sharma, S.K., Misra, A.K., Acosta, T., DeSilva, A.S., Vowell, T.V., Alvarez, A.M. 2012. Characterization of the pigment xanthomonadin in the bacterial genus Xanthomonas using micro- and resonance Raman spectroscopy.  Proc. SPIE 8367, Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology IX, 836703 (May 1, 2012); doi: 10.1117.12.919652.

Publication 163

Marrero, G., Schneider, K.L., Jenkins, D.M., and Alvarez, A.M. 2013. Phylogeny and classification of Dickeya based on multilocus sequence analysis.  Int. J. of Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 63: 3524 – 3539.

Publication 162

Marrero, G., and Alvarez, A.M. 2011. Hawaiian Strains of Erwinia chysanthemi (Dickeya sp.) Associated With Pineapple Heart Rot Disease.  Newsletter of the Pineapple Working Group, ISHS.  18:57-59.

Publication 158

Schneider, K.L., Marrero, G., Alvarez, A.M. and Presting, G.G. 2011. Classification of plant associated bacteria using RIF, a computationally derived DNA marker. PLoS ONE 6: e18496. 

Publication 157

Paret M.L., Green L.M., Sharma S.K., Alvarez A.M. 2010.  Biochemical characterization of Gram-positive and Gram-negative plant associated bacteria by micro-Raman spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy 64:433-441.

Publication 151

Hennessee, C.T., Seo, J.-S., Alvarez, A.M., and Li, Q.-L. 2009.  Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading species isolated from Hawaiian soils: Mycobacterium crocinum sp. nov., Mycobacterium pallens sp. nov., Mycobacterium rutilum sp. nov., Mycobacterium rufum, sp. nov., and Mycobacterium aromaicivorans sp. nov.  Int. J. Syst. and Envol. Microbiol. 59:378-387.

Publication 144

Kaneshiro, W.K., Burger, M., Vine, B., de Silva, A., Alvarez, A.M. 2008.  Characterization of Erwinia chrysanthemi from a bacterial heart rot of pineapple outbreak in Hawaii. Plant Dis. 92:1444-1450. 

Publication 139

Kaneshiro, W.S., Mizumoto, C.Y. and Alvarez, A.M. 2006.  Differentiation of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis from seed-borne saprophytes using ELISA, Biolog and 16S rDNA sequencing. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 116:45-56.

Publication 137

Alvarez, A.M., Trotter, K.J., Swafford, M.B., Berestecky, J.M., Yu, Q., Ming, R., Hepperly, P.R. and Zee, F.  2005. Characterization and detection of Ralstonia solanacearum strains causing bacterial wilt of ginger in Hawaii. Pages 471-477 in: Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex. C. Allen, P. Prior, and A.C. Hayward, eds. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN. 

Publication 136

Alvarez, A.M., 2005.  Diversity and Diagnosis of Ralstonia solanacearum.   Pages 437-447 in: Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex. C. Allen, P. Prior, and A.C. Hayward, eds. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN. 

Publication 135

Alvarez, A.M., Kaneshiro, W.S. and Vine, B.G. 2005. Diversity of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis populations in tomato seed: what is the significance? Acta Hort 695:205-213.