Pectobacterium betavasculorum

Pectobacterium betavasculorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Pectobacterium
Species: P. betavasculorum
Gardan et al. 2003
Binomial name
Pectobacterium betavasculorum

Pectobacterium betavasculorum is a plant pathogenic bacterium that infects beets. It can cause significant losses during sugar beet production and storage. Little is known about the epidemiology of this disease. Its type strain is CFBP 2122T (=LMG 2464T=NCPPB 2795T =ICMP 4226T).[1]

References

  1. Gardan, L. (2003). "Elevation of three subspecies of Pectobacterium carotovorum to species level: Pectobacterium atrosepticum sp. nov., Pectobacterium betavasculorum sp. nov. and Pectobacterium wasabiae sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (2): 381–391. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02423-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12710602.

Further reading

  • Kim, H.-S.; Ma, B.; Perna, N. T.; Charkowski, A. O. (2009). "Phylogeny and Virulence of Naturally Occurring Type III Secretion System-Deficient Pectobacterium Strains". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75 (13): 4539–4549. doi:10.1128/AEM.01336-08. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 2704834. PMID 19411432.
  • Janse, Jacob Dirk. Phytobacteriology: principles and practice. Cabi, 2005.
  • Gnanamanickam, Samuel S., ed. Plant-associated bacteria. Springer, 2006.


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