Pectobacterium atrosepticum explained

Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a species of bacterium. It is a plant pathogen causing blackleg of potato.^[1] Its type strain is CFBP 1526^T (=LMG 2386^T =NCPPB 549^T =ICMP 1526^T).^[2] Its genome has been sequenced.^[3]

Further reading

• Liu, Hui, et al. "Quorum sensing coordinates brute force and stealth modes of infection in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum." PLoS Pathogens 4.6 (2008): e1000093.
• Baz. M.. Lahbabi. D.. Samri. S.. Val. F.. Hamelin. G.. Madore. I.. Bouarab. K.. Beaulieu. C.. Ennaji. M. M.. Barakate. Mustapha. Control of potato soft rot caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum and Pectobacterium atrosepticum by Moroccan actinobacteria isolates. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 28. 1. 2011. 303–311. 0959-3993. 10.1007/s11274-011-0820-5. 22806806. 26095857.

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Pectobacterium atrosepticum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Kröner . Alexander . etal . 2011 . Quantitative resistance of potato to Pectobacterium atrosepticum and Phytophthora infestans: integrating PAMP-triggered response and pathogen growth . PLOS ONE . 6 . 8. e23331 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0023331. 21853112 . 3154927 . 2011PLoSO...623331K . 10.1.1.289.7419 . free .
2. Gardan. L.. Elevation of three subspecies of Pectobacterium carotovorum to species level: Pectobacterium atrosepticum sp. nov., Pectobacterium betavasculorum sp. nov. and Pectobacterium wasabiae sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53. 2. 2003. 381–391. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.02423-0. 12710602. free.
3. Kwasiborski. A.. Mondy. S.. Beury-Cirou. A.. Faure. D.. Genome Sequence of the Pectobacterium atrosepticum Strain CFBP6276, Causing Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases on Potato Plants and Tubers. Genome Announcements. 1. 3. 2013. e00374-13–e00374-13. 2169-8287. 10.1128/genomeA.00374-13. 23788545. 3707594.