Leifsonia xyli xyli
Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Family: | Microbacteriaceae |
Genus: | Leifsonia |
Species: | L. xyli |
Subspecies: | L. x. subsp. xyli |
Trinomial name | |
Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli |
Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli is the bacterium that causes ratoon stunting disease, a major worldwide disease of sugarcane. It is Gram positive and grows slowly in the laboratory.
Disease
Ratoon stunting disease is the most economically important disease of sugarcane, and is found in most sugarcane growing areas of the world. It can cause yield losses of up to 30% in susceptible varieties. The disease is difficult to identify and is transmitted mechanically or through infected seeds.[1]
Genetics
Leifsonia xyli has a genome that contains 2.58 Mbp with 2,044 protein coding genes. [2]
References
- ↑ Monteiro-Vitorello, Claudia B.; et al. (2009). "Genome Sequence-based Insights into the Biology of the Sugarcane Pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli". In Jackson, Robert W. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria: Genomics and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-37-0.
- ↑ Monteiro-Vitorello, CB.; Camargo, LE.; Van Sluys, MA.; Kitajima, JP.; Truffi, D.; do Amaral, AM.; Harakava, R.; de Oliveira, JC.; et al. (Aug 2004). "The genome sequence of the gram-positive sugarcane pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli". Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 17 (8): 827–36. PMID 15305603. doi:10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.8.827.
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