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Abstract

Several Gram-negative-staining, facultatively anaerobic bacterial isolates were obtained from seedlings showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Colombia, Rwanda and South Africa. Partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing, together with partial sequencing, placed the isolates in the genus and indicated that they constituted three novel species. Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) based on partial sequences of , , and revealed , and as their closest phylogenetic relatives. DNA–DNA hybridization studies confirmed the classification of the new isolates as three novel species and phenotypic tests allowed them to be differentiated from their closest phylogenetic neighbours. The names sp. nov. [type strain LMG 26273 = BD 943 (deposited with the Plant Pathogenic and Plant Protecting Bacteria Collection, South Africa) = BCC 581 (deposited with the Bacterial Culture Collection, Forestry and Agricultural Institute, South Africa)], sp. nov. (type strain LMG 26275 = BD 944 = BCC 571) and sp. nov. (type strain LMG 26277 = BD 946 = BCC 682) are proposed.

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This study was supported by the:
  • Federal Science Policy Office
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