EPPO Global Database

Serratia ureilytica(SERRUR)

Distribution details in United States of America (Colorado)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, no details
Comments
Records from the start of the 2000s, no more recent evidence found.
References
* Mphande K, LaSarre B, Paulsen AA, Hartung R, Badilla-Arias S, Gleason ML, Beattie GA (2025) Bacteria that Cause Cucurbit Yellow Vine Disease Fall Within the Serratia ureilytica Species of the S. marcescens Complex and Can Be Vectored by Cucumber Beetles. Phytopathology 115, 606-617. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-24-0321-R
------- strain from 2001

* Zhang Q, Weyant R, Steigerwalt AG, White LA, Melcher U, Bruton BD, Pair SD, Mitchell FL, Fletcher J (2003) Genotyping of Serratia marcescens strains associated with cucurbit yellow vine disease by repetitive elements-based polymerase chain reaction and DNA-DNA hybridization. Phytopathology 93, 1240-1246. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO.2003.93.10.1240
------- unpublished data

Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Absent, no pest record view...