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A Method for Characterizing Pseudomonas solanacearum

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Pseudomonas solanacearum (E. F. Smith) is an important and widespread bacterial pathogen of economic plants in tropical and warm temperate zones1. It has been shown recently that the cells of P. solanacearum grown on an appropriate medium are intensively sudanophilic, due to the presence of massive inclusions of poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid2,3. Formation of the polymer is known to be a characteristic of certain saprophytic pseudomonads2,4,5. A further study was made to ascertain whether such a distinctive character could be diagnostic.

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HAYWARD, A. A Method for Characterizing Pseudomonas solanacearum . Nature 186, 405–406 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186405a0

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