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Clavibacter

Clavibacter is a genus of aerobic Gram-positive bacteria.

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Clavibacter
Symptoms of "Clavibacter michiganensis" on tomato
Symptoms of Clavibacter michiganensis on tomato.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Microbacteriaceae
Genus: Clavibacter
Davis et al. 19841
Type species
Clavibacter michiganensis
corrig. (Smith 1910) Davis et al. 1984
Species2
  • C. capsici (Oh et al. 2016) Li et al. 2018
  • C. insidiosus (McCulloch 1925) Li et al. 2018
  • C. michiganensis corrig. (Smith 1910) Davis et al. 1984
  • C. nebraskensis (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Li et al. 2018
  • C. sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Li et al. 2018
  • C. tessellarius (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) Li et al. 2018
  • C. zhangzhiyongii Tian et al. 2021

Clavibacter is a genus of aerobic Gram-positive bacteria.1

References

References

  1. Davis MJ, Gillaspie AG Jr, Vidaver AK, Harris RW (1984). "Clavibacter: A new genus containing some phytopathogenic coryneform bacteria, including Clavibacter xyli subsp. xyli sp. nov., subsp. nov. and Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis subsp. nov., pathogens that cause ratoon stunting disease of sugarcane and Bermudagrass stunting disease". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34 (2): 107–117. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-2-107.
  2. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Clavibacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 22, 2021.