Xanthomonas translucens

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Xanthomonas translucens
Xanthomonas Culture.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Xanthomonadales
Family: Xanthomonadaceae
Genus: Xanthomonas
Species:
X. translucens
Binomial name
Xanthomonas translucens
(Jones et al. 1917) Vauterin et al. 1995

Xanthomonas translucens is a species of phytopathogenic bacteria. It is the causal agent of bacterial leaf streak in of wheat and cereal crop. The bacterium is transmitted as a seed-borne pathogen. The transmission rate is very low but ensures serious outbreaks in the field under suitable conditions . The pathogen is a non-sporing, aerobic, motile, gram-negative, rod bacterium with a single polar flagellum.

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