Phenotypic and Molecular-Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Distinct Features of Crown Gall-Associated Xanthomonas Strains

ABSTRACT In summer 2019, widespread occurrence of crown gall disease caused by Agrobacterium spp. was observed on commercially grown ornamental plants in southern Iran. Beside agrobacteria, pale yellow-pigmented Gram-negative strains resembling the members of Xanthomonas were also associated with cr...

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Main Authors: Hamzeh Mafakheri, S. Mohsen Taghavi, Sadegh Zarei, Touraj Rahimi, Mohammad Sadegh Hasannezhad, Perrine Portier, Marion Fischer-Le Saux, Ivica Dimkić, Ralf Koebnik, Nemanja Kuzmanović, Ebrahim Osdaghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00577-21