Elevation of three subspecies of Pectobacterium carotovorum to species level: Pectobacterium atrosepticum sp. nov., Pectobacterium betavasculorum sp. nov. and Pectobacterium wasabiae sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-391

  Gardan, Louis ^a   Gouy, Cécile ^a   Christen, Richard ^b   Samson, Régine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICHOKE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENUS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARAPHYLY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEROLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES; SUGAR BEET; SUNFLOWER; TAXONOMY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRENNERIA; BRENNERIA PARADISIACA; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; EUTREMA WASABI; HELIANTHUS; HYACINTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM BETAVASCULORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CACTICIDA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM WASABIAE; PROKARYOTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037360648     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02423-0     Document Type: Article

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