Xylella fastidiosa: Host Range and Advance in Molecular Identification Techniques.

ABSTRACT: In the never ending struggle against plant pathogenic bacteria, a major goal is the early identification and classification of infecting microorganisms. Xylella fastidiosa, a Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the family Xanthmonadaceae, is no exception as this pathogen showed a broad range of vectors and host plants, many of which may carry the pathogen for a long time without showing any symptom. Till the last years, most of the diseases caused by X. fastidiosa have been reported from North and South America, but recently a widespread infection of olive quick decline syndrome caused by this fastidious pathogen appeared in Apulia (south-eastern Italy), and several cases of X. fastidiosa infection have been reported in other European Countries. At least five d

SUBMITTER: Baldi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5462928 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature