Bacterial Disease Examples

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      General Comments on Disease Cycles with Regard to Plant Health Management
      Enterobacteriaceae (Gram-negative)
      Erwinia species
      Fireblight Stewarts' Wilt
      Slime Flux Bacterial Soft Rot
      Pantoea species
      Wilt of Corn  
      Serratia species
      Yellow Vine Disease of Curcubits  
      Sphingomonas species
      Brown Spot of Yellow Spanish Melon Fruit  
      Pseudomonaceae (Gram-negative)
      Acidovorax Species
      Leaf Spots of Corn, Orchids, and Watermelon  
      Pseudomonas Species
      Bacterial Blight Halo Blight of Beans
      Halo Blight of Oats Basal Glume Rot and Bacterial Leaf Blight of Wheat
      Southern Bacterial Wilt  
      Ralstonia Species
      Wilts of Solanaceous Crops  
      Rhizobacter Species
      Bacterial Gall of Carrot  
      Rhizomonas Species
      Corky Root of Lettuce  
      Xanthomonas Species
      Bacterial Black Chaff and Bacterial Stripe of Wheat Bacterial Spot of Peach
      Bacterial Spot Bacterial Spot of Pepper and Tomato
      Xylophilus Species
      Bacterial Canker and Necrosis of Grapevines  
      Rhizobiaceae (Gram-negative)
      Agrobacterium species
      Crown Gall  
      Rhizobium species
      Root Nodulation Bacteria in Legumes  
      Firmabacteriaceae (Gram-positive)
      Bacillus species
         
      Clostridium species
         
      Thallobacteria (Gram-positive)
      Arthrobacter species
      Bacterial Blight of Holly  
      Clavibacter species
      Ring Rot of Potatoes Bacterial Wilt of Alfalfa
      Bacterial Spike Blight (Yellow Ear Rot) of Wheat Goss' Wilt of Corn
      Curtobacter species
      Bacterial Wilt of Dry Beans  
      Leifsonia species
      Ratoon Stunting Disease in Sugarcane  
      Rhodococcus species
      Bacterial Fasciation of various ornamentals  
      Streptomyces species
      Streptomyces Soil Rot (Pox) of Sweetpotato  
      Mollicutes (Cell membranes - no cell walls)
      Spiroplasmataceae
      Spiroplasma species
         
      Phytoplasma species
         
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      This page is authored and maintained by:

      Dr. J.E. Partridge, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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