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Pectobacterium
Medical Definition: | A genus of gram-negative bacteria in the family ENTEROBACTERIACEAE consisting of species that profusely produce pectinolytic enzymes in plant pathogenesis. |
Guide Notes: | GEN; prefer specifics |
Pectobacterium carotovorum - A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that causes rotting, particularly of storage tissues, of a wide variety of plants and causes a vascular disease in CARROTS; and POTATO plants. | |
Pectobacterium chrysanthemi - A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that causes vascular wilts on a wide range of plant species. It was formerly named Erwinia chrysanthemi. |
Pectobacterium Medical Definitions and Terms
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