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Reclassification of subspecies of Acidovorax avenae as A. Avenae (Manns 1905) emend., A. cattleyae (Pavarino, 1911) comb. nov., A. citrulli Schaad et al., 1978) comb. nov., and proposal of A. oryzae sp. nov.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Dec 2008
Schaad Norman W, Postnikova Elena, Sechler Aaron, Claflin Larry E, Vidaver Anne K, Jones Jeffrey B, Agarkova Irina, Ignatov Alexander, Dickstein Ellen, Ramundo Bruce A
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The bacterium Acidovorax avenae causes disease in a wide range of economically important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants, including corn, rice, watermelon, anthurium, and orchids. Genotypic and phenotypic relatedness among strains of phytopathogenic A. avenae subsp. avenae, A. avenae subsp. citrulli, A. avenae subsp. cattleyae and A. konjaci, as well as all other Acidovorax species, including A....
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