Erwinia chrysanthemi: A Comparative Study of Phenotypic Properties of Strains from Several Hosts and OtherErwiniaSpecies
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Phytopathology®
- Vol. 69 (4) , 324-329
- https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-69-324
Abstract
In a comparative study of the phenotypic properties of 421 strains of Erwinia sp. all strains of E. chrysanthemi were separated from the other Erwinia spp. primarily by 3 physiological characters: production of gas from D-glucose, phosphatase production and inability to produce acid from D-trehalose. The 322 strains of E. chrysanthemi were separated into 5 infrasubspecific subdivisions based on 12 physiological properties. All strains originally isolated from a specific host plant, regardless of geographic location, generally belonged to the same phenotypic subdivision. Strains included in subdivisions 1 and 11 were isolated from specific or closely related hosts, whereas the other subdivisions (III, IV, V) each included strains from diverse hosts.Keywords
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