Erwinia carotovora
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Pectobacterium carotovorum is a bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae
, which is a plant pathogen with a diverse host range. It causes soft rot and blackleg of potato
and vegetables as well as slime flux
on many different tree species.
Enterobacteriaceae
The Enterobacteriaceae is a large family of bacteria that includes many of the more familiar pathogens, such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Yersinia pestis, Klebsiella and Shigella. This family is the only representative in the order Enterobacteriales of the class Gammaproteobacteria in the...
, which is a plant pathogen with a diverse host range. It causes soft rot and blackleg of potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
and vegetables as well as slime flux
Slime flux
Slime flux is a bacterial disease of certain trees, primarily elm, cottonwood, poplar, boxelder, ash, aspen, fruitless mulberry,pun-jins and oak. A wound to the bark, caused by pruning, insects, poor branch angles or natural cracks and splits, causes sap to ooze from the wound...
on many different tree species.