Pectobacterium atrosepticum

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

Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a species of bacterium. It is a plant pathogen causing blackleg of potato.[1] Its type strain is CFBP 1526T (=LMG 2386T =NCPPB 549T =ICMP 1526T).[2] Its genome has been sequenced.[3]

References

  1. Kröner, Alexander, et al. "Quantitative resistance of potato to Pectobacterium atrosepticum and Phytophthora infestans: integrating PAMP-triggered response and pathogen growth." PloS one 6.8 (2011): e23331.
  2. 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.
  3. Kwasiborski, A.; Mondy, S.; Beury-Cirou, A.; Faure, D. (2013). "Genome Sequence of the Pectobacterium atrosepticum Strain CFBP6276, Causing Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases on Potato Plants and Tubers". Genome Announcements 1 (3): e00374–13–e00374–13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00374-13. ISSN 2169-8287.

Further reading

External links