‘Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus’ causes HLB, a devastating disease of citrus.
Psyllids with high concentrations of ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ were used to immunize mice.
A scFv antibody library was made from mRNA isolated from spleens of immunized mice.
Cloned surface antigens from ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ were used to select scFv.
Several scFv detected ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ in plant extracts in a dot blot format.