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Erwinia carotovora
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| Description | E r w i n i a c a r o t o v o r a k n o w n a s P e c t o b a c t e r i u m c a r o t o v o r u m . E r w i n i a c a r o t o v o r a i s a G r a m - n e g a t i v e , r o d s h a p e d b a c t e r i u m t h a t w a s n a m e d a f t e r t h e c r o p o f c a r r o t s f r o m w h i c h i t w a s f i r s t i s o l a t e d . R o d s s h a p e d , M o t i l e b y m e a n s o f p e r i t r i c h o u s f l a g e l l a . N o c a p s u l e s p r e s e n t . |
| Synonyms | Pectobacterium carotovorum;Bacterium carotovorum;Bacillus carotovorus. |
| Habitat/Source | These widespread microbes can be found in soil, guts of insects, water and suspended aerosols in air. |
| Pathogenicity | The bacterium infects a variety of vegetables and plants including carrots, potatoes, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, lettuce and ornamental plants like iris. I causes a rapid soft rot of roots,rhizomes, fruits and the fleshy stems of a variety of plants.Erwinia carotovora causes death by creating an osmotically fragile cell. It produces extracellular pectic enzymes that destroy the integrity of the pectin. To a lesser extent, it produces an extracellular cellulase to degrade cellulose. Other exported enzymes thought to be important in pathogenesis include hemicellulases, arabanases, xylanases and a protease. |
| GenBank Accession | View Genome [NC_012917.1] |
| Size(Mb) | 4.86291 |
| GC% | 51.9 |
| Genes | 4290 |
| CDS | 4163 |
| Reference | (1) Waldee, E.L. "Comparative studies of some peritrichous phytopathogenic bacteria." Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. (1945) 19:435-484. (2) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.207,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co.. |