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A Note on the Limitations of Identifying Soft Rot Erwinias by Temperature Tolerances and Sensitivity to Erythromycin on a Pectate Medium
Article first published online: 1 MAY 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1989.tb01068.x
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Janse, J. D. and Spit, B. E. (1989), A Note on the Limitations of Identifying Soft Rot Erwinias by Temperature Tolerances and Sensitivity to Erythromycin on a Pectate Medium. Journal of Phytopathology, 125: 265–268. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1989.tb01068.x
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- Issue published online: 1 MAY 2008
- Article first published online: 1 MAY 2008
- Received June 1, 1988; accepted September 22, 1988
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Abstract
Forty-five erwinia strains from 14 different hosts have been tested lor growth on a crystal violet pectate medium with or without 70 μ/ml erythromycin at 27, 33.5 and 37°C. On the basis of positive data in the literature it was tried to identify the strains as Erwnia carotovora subsp. atroseptica, E. carotovora subsp. carotovora or E. chrysanthemi using this method.
It appeared that relatively few strains reacted differentially, apparently due to strain variation (all strains were identified also by biochemical and physiological tests). The conclusion is that for a reliable identification of field isolates of soft rot crwinias other (biochemical, physiological and serological) methods have to be applied.