''Streptomyces turgidiscabies'' is a
streptomycete bacterium species, causing
scab in potatoes. It has flexuous
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...
, the latter which are cylindrical and smooth. The type strain is SY9113
T (= ATCC 700248
T = IFO 16080
T).
It is almost identical to ''
Streptomyces reticuliscabiei''; however, they are considered distinct species given the diseases they cause are different.
References
Further reading
*Joshi, Madhumita V., and Rosemary Loria. "Streptomyces turgidiscabies possesses a functional cytokinin biosynthetic pathway and produces leafy galls." Molecular plant-microbe interactions 20.7 (2007): 751–758.
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*Thwaites, R., et al. "Streptomyces turgidiscabies and S. acidiscabies: two new causal agents of common scab of potato (Solanum tuberosum) in the UK."Plant Pathology 59.4 (2010): 804-804.
External links
*
LPSNType strain of ''Streptomyces turgidiscabies'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
turgidiscabies
Bacteria described in 1998
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