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Erwinia nigrifluens
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| Description | E r w i n i a n i g r i f l u e n s k n o w n a s " B r e n n e r i a n i g r i f l u e n s . T h e s e a r e s t r a i g h t r o d s , 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 . < i > T h e r e i s n o g e n o m e f o u n d b u t 1 2 3 N u c l e o t i d e s e q u e n c e s a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r t h i s o g r a n i s m . F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t s e q u e n c e s j u s t c l i c k o n l i n k w h i c h i s s h o w n i n " < b > G e n B a n k A c c e s s i o n s e c t i o n < / b > " < / i > . |
| Synonyms | Brenneria nigrifluens;Erwinia amylovora var. Nigrifluens. |
| Habitat/Source | The bacterium first reported in California, was also recorded in Iran, Spain, France, and several Italian locations on walnut trees. |
| Pathogenicity | S h a l l o w b a r k c a n k e r c a u s e d b y E r w i n i a n i g r i f l u e n s i s o n e o f t h e m o s t d a n g e r o u s d i s e a s e s o f P e r s i a n w a l n u t t r e e s . T h e d i s e a s e i s m a i n l y c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y s h a l l o w , i r r e g u l a r l y s h a p e d c a n k e r s i n t h e b a r k o f t h e t r u n k a n d b r a n c h e s , f r o m w h i c h a d a r k - c o l o u r e d w a t e r y e x u d a t e o o z e s t h r o u g h s m a l l c r a c k s i n t h e b a r k . T h e d i s e a s e c a u s e s s e v e r e d a m a g e t o y o u n g n u r s e r y p l a n t s ( S a c c a r d i e t a l . , 1 9 9 8 ) a n d t o a d u l t t r e e s ( P i c c i r i l l o , 2 0 0 3 ) . F i r s t r e p o r t e d i n C a l i f o r n i a ( W i l s o n e t a l . , 1 9 5 7 ) , t h e d i s e a s e w a s s u b s e q u e n t l y r e c o r d e d i n S p a i n ( L ó p e z e t a l . , 1 9 9 4 ) , I r a n ( H a r i g h i a n d R a h i m i a n , 1 9 9 7 ) , I t a l y ( M o r o n e e t a l . , 1 9 9 8 ; S a c c a r d i e t a l . , 1 9 9 8 ) a n d F r a n c e ( M é n a r d e t a l . , 2 0 0 4 ) . |
| GenBank Accession | View NCBI entries |
| Size(Mb) | NA |
| GC% | NA |
| Genes | NA |
| CDS | NA |
| Reference | (1) Hauben, L., Moore, E.R.B., Vauterin, L., Steenackers, M., Mergaert, J., Verdonck, L., and Swings, J. "Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1998) 21:384-397. |