Legend: + positive; - negative; V variable; nd not determined.
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Microbacteriaceae, Genus Clavibacter Davis, Gillaspsie
Jr., Vidaver and Harris 1984, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus corrig. (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Davis,
Gillaspsie Jr., Vidaver and Harris 1984, comb. nov.
Li et al. 2018 elevated Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus to species level as Clavibacter nebraskensis.
Historical synonyms: Corynebacterium sepedonicum (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Skaptason and Burkholder 1942,
Corynebacterium michiganense subsp. sepedonicum (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Carlson and Vidaver 1982, "Bacterium
sepedonicum" Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914, "Aplanobacter sepedonicum" (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Smith 1920,
"Phytomonas sepedonica" (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Magrou 1937, "Mycobacterium sepedonicum" (Spieckermann and
Kotthoff 1914) Krasil'nikov 1949, "Pseudobacterium sepedonicum" (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Krasil'nikov 1949.
Gram-positive cells, predominantly wedge-shaped but coccoid and curved and but
some V,Y and palisade arrangements are usually present. Non-motile.
Non-sporulated. Mycolic acids are not present.
Require nutritionally rich media (nutrient broth yeast extract medium, tetrazolium
chloride medium, nutrient glucose agar, etc) on which they grow slowly . Thiamine,
biotin and nicotinic acid, histidine, purine and pyrimidines are essential growth
factors. On nutrient glucose agar colonies becoming visible after 3-5 days ,1 mm
diameter, opaque, smooth, low convex, entire and semi-fluidal when freshly isolated
but become butyrous with prolonged subculturing and glistening. White colonies on
SC agar and NBY agar. Optimal growth at 20-23 ºC; range from 3-4 to 30-31 ºC.
Isolated from plants. Host specificity: potato. No bacteriophage sensitivity .
Pathogenic, obligate parasite of various flowering plants. Causes a vascular wilt and tuber rot of potato (Solanum tuberosum). Can
also affect some other Solanum spp.
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Coryneform Bacteria, Including Clavibacter xyli subsp. xyli sp. nov., subsp. nov. and Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis subsp.
nov., Pathogens That Cause Ratoon Stunting Disease of Sugarcane and Bermudagrass Stunting Disease. IJSB Vol. 34, No. 2, p.
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Syst. Bacteriol. Vol. 24, No. 4, p. 482-485.
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Microbiol. 64, 1752-1755.
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Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. Int. J. Syst. Microbiol. 65, 811-826.
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on the basis of whole-genome and multi-locus sequence analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:234-240.
Not acid fast.
Positive results for catalase, citrate utilisation, esculin hydrolysis, acid production from: mannitol and raffinose.
Negative results for casein hydrolysis, gelatinase, H2S production, indole production, lipase, methyl red test, nitrate reduction, oxidase,
tyrosine hydrolysis, urease, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from: arabinose, galactose, glucose, inulin, lactose, melezitose,
melibiose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, trehalose and xylose.
Variable results for starch hydrolysis, acid production from: mannose, sorbitol and sucrose.
(c) Costin Stoica
Differential characters: