Xanthomonas translucens

Xanthomonas translucens is a phytopathogenes bacterium that infects cereals and for Schwarzspelzigkeit (also called bacterial leaf stripe ) is responsible.

The bacterium is Gram- negative and has the form of aerobic, flagellated polar monotrich, individually or in pairs occurring rods with dimensions of 0.5-0.8 nm × 1.0-2.5 nm is distributed worldwide. As hosts are mainly barley, rye, wheat and triticale known. Infected leaves show strips that are necrotic in the center, rust-colored at the edges. Bacterial mucus secretion, which dries to a thin, calcareous coating. Symptoms occur 10 to 14 days after infection.

The species Xanthomonas translucens was originally in 1917 by Jones et al. first described. Later, these were classified as Xanthomonas campestris pv translucens. As part of a comprehensive DNA analysis of Xanthomonas campestris pathovars their different were finally brought together in a new way and to the genus Xanthomonas translucens revived ( Vauterin et al., 1995), which is now regarded as genomic species.

Most strains of Xanthomonas translucens were isolated from scientific samples and not on fields of commercial farming. It is believed that one reason for this could be that scientists who are familiar with bacterial problems, make more accurate observations in experiments (E. Duveiller et al. ).

Swell

• Proteobacteria
• Proteobacteria