Pectobacterium atrosepticum

Blackleg of potato symptoms showing darkened stem and leaf wilt on potato caused by the plant pathogen

Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a species of bacterium. It is a plant pathogen causing blackleg of potato. Its type strain is CFBP 1526T (=LMG 2386T =NCPPB 549T =ICMP 1526T). Its genome has been sequenced.

References

Further reading

  • Liu, Hui, et al. "Quorum sensing coordinates brute force and stealth modes of infection in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum." PLoS Pathogens 4.6 (2008): e1000093.
  • Baz, M.; Lahbabi, D.; Samri, S.; Val, F.; Hamelin, G.; Madore, I.; Bouarab, K.; Beaulieu, C.; Ennaji, M. M.; Barakate, Mustapha (2011). "Control of potato soft rot caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum and Pectobacterium atrosepticum by Moroccan actinobacteria isolates". World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 28 (1): 303–311. doi:10.1007/s11274-011-0820-5. ISSN 0959-3993. PMID 22806806. S2CID 26095857.


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