Reclassification of Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae and Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzicola.
Scientists from the Laboratory of Microbiology and Microbial Genetics of the University of Ghent arid the International Rice Research Institute in Manila have reclassified the causal agents of bacterial blight, Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae, and bacterial leaf streak, Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzicola, of rice (both EPPO Al organisms) as pathovars of Xanthomonas oryzae.
The reclassification to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola is based on phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic data.
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International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 40, 309-311.