Erwinia salicis

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Description Erwinia salicis is known as "Brenneria salicis". It is Gram-negative,facultative anaerobic,Rods, ,occurring singly or in pairs,rarely in chains, with rounded ends. Motile by means of peritrichous flagella.There is no genome found but 159 Nucleotide sequences are available for this ogranism. For more information about sequences just click on link which is shown in "GenBank Accession section".
Synonyms Brenneria salicis (Day 1924) Hauben et al.1999; Pseudomonas saliciperda Pseudobacterium salicis; Phytomonas salicis; Erwinia amylovora var. salicis; Bacterium salicis.
Habitat/Source Mainly isolated from the cricket-bat willow (Salix caerulea) and from the white willow (Salix alba). Watermark disease occurs in both wild and cultivated willow in the lowland areas of several European countries and in natural forest in the mountainous areas of Hokkaido,the northern island of Japan.
Pathogenicity The bacterium is known to cause 'watermark disease' in willow (Salix species.Salix caerulea and Salix alba) trees. The disease has had a significant impact on the cricket bat willow-growing industry in eastern England,UK. Watermark disease affects infected trees by occluding the xylem vessels,impeding circulation. Early signs of the disease are wilting or dried-out,dead leaves on intermittent branches throughout the tree's crown.Cross sections from affected branches show a watery,transparent discoloration to an orange-brown staining in the wood.Cross sections of a killed tree's main stem are blanched completely white.
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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.

(2) PCR-Based Detection of the Causal Agent of Watermark Disease in Willows,authors:L. Hauben, M. Steenackers, and J. Swings; Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 1998, p.3966-3971, Vol.64, No.10.

(3) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.209,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co..