What bacterial strain is isolated in the healthy 10-day-old variety of maize with a high sugar content?
Elizabethkingia endophytica Elizabethkingia endophytica is a slightly yellow Gram-stain-negative rod-shaped bacterial strain isolated from the stem of healthy 10-day-old sweet corn ("Zea mays"). A comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate showed 99.1, 97.8, and 97.4% similarity to the 16S rRNA gene sequences of the type strains of "Elizabethkingia anophelis", "Elizabethkingia meningoseptica" and "Elizabethkingia miricola", respectively. DNA-DNA hybridization indicated that the strain is representative of a new species.
Pectobacterium betavasculorum Pectobacterium betavasculorum is a plant pathogenic bacterium that infects beets. It can cause significant losses during sugar beet production and storage. Little is known about the epidemiology of this disease. Its type strain is CFBP 2122 (=LMG 2464=NCPPB 2795 =ICMP 4226).