Leifsonia xyli xyli

Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli is the bacterium that causes ratoon stunting disease, a major worldwide disease of sugarcane. It is Gram positive and grows slowly in the laboratory.

Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Order:
Actinomycetales
Family:
Microbacteriaceae
Genus:
Leifsonia
Species:
L. xyli
Subspecies:
L. x. subsp. xyli
Trinomial name
Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli

Disease

Ratoon stunting disease is the most economically important disease of sugarcane, and is found in most sugarcane growing areas of the world. It can cause yield losses of up to 30% in susceptible varieties. The disease is difficult to identify and is transmitted mechanically or through infected seeds.[1]

Genetics

Leifsonia xyli has a genome that contains 2.58 Mbp with 2,044 protein coding genes.[2]

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References
  1. Monteiro-Vitorello, Claudia B.; et al. (2009). "Genome Sequence-based Insights into the Biology of the Sugarcane Pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli". In Jackson, Robert W. (ed.). Plant Pathogenic Bacteria: Genomics and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-37-0.
  2. Monteiro-Vitorello, CB.; Camargo, LE.; Van Sluys, MA.; Kitajima, JP.; Truffi, D.; do Amaral, AM.; Harakava, R.; de Oliveira, JC.; et al. (Aug 2004). "The genome sequence of the gram-positive sugarcane pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli". Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 17 (8): 827–36. doi:10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.8.827. hdl:11449/67815. PMID 15305603.
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