Rathayibacter tritici

Rathayibacter tritici
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Rathayibacter
Binomial name
	Rathayibacter rathayi; (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) ; Zgurskaya et al. 1993
Synonyms
	Clavibacter tritici (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) Davis et al. 1984 ; Pseudomonas tritici Hutchinson 1917 ; Corynebacterium tritici (Hutchinson 1917) Burkholder 1948 ; Corynebacterium tritici (ex Hutchinson 1917) Carlson and Vidaver 1982

Rathayibacter tritici is a Gram-positive soil bacterium. It is a plant pathogen and causes spike blight in wheat.

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