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Erwinia amylovora
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| Description | Erwinia amylovora is a gram negative, facultative anaerobic, rod shaped bacteria.rod-shaped,occurring singly, in pairs and sometimes in short chains.Motile by means of peritrichous flagella. |
| Synonyms | Micrococcus amylovorus;Bacterium amylovos;Bacillus amylovorus. |
| Habitat/Source | It can be isolated from the blossoms, leaves of pear and apple trees. Attacks a large number of and twigs species In several tribes Of Rosaceae. |
| Pathogenicity | I t c a u s e s F i r e b l i g h t a d e s t r u c t i v e d i s e a s e o f M a l o i d f r u i t t r e e s , a f f e c t i n g a p p l e s , p e a r s a n d s o m e o t h e r m e m b e r s o f t h e f a m i l y R o s a c e a e . I t i s a s e r i o u s c o n c e r n t o a p p l e a n d p e a r p r o d u c e r s . U n d e r o p t i m a l c o n d i t i o n s , i t c a n d e s t r o y a n e n t i r e o r c h a d i n a s i n g l e g r o w i n g s e a s o n . T h i s b a c t e r i u m i s t h e c a u s a t i v e a g e n t o f F i r e B l i g h t , , s u c h a s a p p l e a n d p e a r . O u t b r e a k s a r e s p o r a d i c i n t h e N o r t h e a s t , b u t r e s u l t i n s e r i o u s d a m a g e t o r o o t s , b l o s s o m s , f r u i t , a n d s h o o t s w h e n t h e y o c c u r . T h e p a t h o g e n o v e r w i n t e r s i n c a n k e r s o r i n s m a l l e r l i m b s . D u r i n g e a r l y s p r i n g , i n r e s p o n s e t o b o t h t e m p e r a t u r e i n c r e a s e s a n d b u d d e v e l o p m e n t , t h e b a c t e r i a m u l t i p l i e s a n d m a y b e s e e n a s a y e l l o w i s h o o z e a r o u n d t h e p e r i m e t e r o f t h e c a n k e r . F l i e s a n d o t h e r i n s e c t s a r e a t t r a c t e d t o t h e o o z e a n d d i s p e r s e t h e i n o c u l u m t o o t h e r t r e e s i n t h e o r c h a r d . T h i s s p e c i e s h a s r e c e n t l y b e c o m e r e s i s t a n t t o s t r e p t o m y c i n , a n a n t i b i o t i c t r a d i t i o n a l l y u s e d i n i t s c o n t r o l . |
| GenBank Accession | View Genome [NC_013971.1] |
| Size(Mb) | 3.83383 |
| GC% | 53.57 |
| Genes | 3446 |
| CDS | 3323 |
| Reference | (1) Winslow, C.-E.A., Broadhurst, J., Buchanan, R.E., Krumwiede, Jr., C., Rogers, L.A., and Smith, G.H. "The families and genera of the bacteria. Final report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on characterization and classification of bacterial types." J. Bacteriol. (1920) 5:191-229 (2) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.207,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co.. |