Ralstonia solanacearum
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| Ralstonia solanacearum | ||||||||||||
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| Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996 |
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| ATCC 11696 CCUG 14272 |
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Burkholderia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1993 |
Ralstonia solanacearum is a Gram-negative, plant pathogenic, soil bacterium. It colonises the xylem, causing a bacterial wilt in a very wide range of potential host plants. It is known as Granville wilt when it occurs in tobacco.
The genome of R. solanacearum Strain GMI1000 has been sequenced[1].
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