CLASSIFICATION REVISION IN XANTHOMONAS TRANSLUCENS

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The species description of Xanthomonas translucens (J. J. and R.) Dowson is emended to include five closely related organisms, which are distinguishable chiefly by differences in pathogenic capabilities on wheat, oats, barley, and rye. One of these organisms, X. translucens (J. J. and R.) Dowson, is given new rank as X. translucens f. sp. hordei; another, Phytomonas translucens f. sp. undulosa (S. J. and R.) Hagborg, is transferred to the genus Xanthomonas; still another, Phytomonas translucens var. secalis (R. G. and J.) Bergey et al., is given new rank and also transferred to the genus Xanthomonas as X. translucens f. sp. secalis; the remaining two, X. translucens f. sp. hordei-avenae and X. translucens f. sp. cerealis, are described for the first time.The results of non-determinative comparative studies in physiology and serology of the second and last two of the above-mentioned special forms of Xanthomonas translucens (J. J. and R.) Dowson emend, are given; these show their close similarity in characters other than pathogenicity. These studies also show the presence of some variation between different isolates of the same special form. Parallel studies, made at the same time, on cultures of Pseudomonas atrofaciens (McC.) Stapp, P. coronafaciens (Elliott) Stapp, and P. medicaginis var. phaseolicola (Burkh.) Stapp and Kotte, were used as controls on the methods.

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