Leifsonia xyli: Difference between revisions

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==Classification==
==Classification==
Leifsonia xyli is a Gram negative, aerobic, Rod shaped organism, with arrangment in singles or pairs.  It has no Endospores or motility and has a host-associated habitat with opt. temperatures for growth at 20-25 degress celcius with a range in the Mesophilic.
Leifsonia xyli is a Gram negative, aerobic, Rod shaped organism, with arrangment in singles or pairs.  It has no Endospores or motility and has a host-associated habitat with opt. temperatures for growth at 20-25 degress celcius with a range in the Mesophilic.
 
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====Higher Order Taxa====
====Higher Order Taxa====
Taxonomy: root;cellular organism;Bacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinobacteria (class);Actinobacteridae;Actinomycetales;Micrococcineae;Microbacteriaceae;Leifsonia  
Taxonomy: root;cellular organism;Bacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinobacteria (class);Actinobacteridae;Actinomycetales;Micrococcineae;Microbacteriaceae;Leifsonia  

Revision as of 22:52, 18 November 2007

Classification

Leifsonia xyli is a Gram negative, aerobic, Rod shaped organism, with arrangment in singles or pairs. It has no Endospores or motility and has a host-associated habitat with opt. temperatures for growth at 20-25 degress celcius with a range in the Mesophilic. [1]

Higher Order Taxa

Taxonomy: root;cellular organism;Bacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinobacteria (class);Actinobacteridae;Actinomycetales;Micrococcineae;Microbacteriaceae;Leifsonia [2]

Species

This species comprises two xylema-associated, fastidious, slow growing subspecies, L. xyli subsp. xyli and L. xyli subsp. cynodontis, that cause ratoon stunting (growth-hindering) disease of sugarcane and Bermudagrass stunting disease, respectively. Ratoon stunting disease is the most economically important disease of sugarcane resulting in 10-15% loss in crop yields worldwide. The disease is difficult to identify and is transmitted mechanically or through infected seeds. Pathogenicity has been associated with production of a toxin. [3]

Description and significance

Genome structure

Cell structure and metabolism

Ecology

Pathology

References