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Repetitive Sequence-derived PCR Profiling Using the BOX-A1R Primer for Rapid Identification of the Plant Pathogen Clavibacter Michiganensis Subspecies Sepedonicus

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Repetitive sequence-derived PCR using the BOX-A1R primer was used to generate genomic fingerprints of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies sepedonicus, the causal agent of bacterial ring rot disease of potato. A total of 35 C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus strains were selected for study in order to represent the widest possible historical, morphological and geographical diversity of the organism. Comparison was made with genomic fingerprints of C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, C. michiganensis subsp. insidiosus, C. michiganensis subsp. tessellarius, C. michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis as well as other related Gram positive plant pathogens. The resultant genomic fingerprints and subsequent cluster analysis show C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus to form a remarkably homogeneous group with approximately 84% similarity between all of the strains tested. There was no evidence to suggest that fingerprints varied with historic, morphological or geographic diversity. In addition, C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus isolated from asymptomatic sugar beet had the same fingerprint as those which were isolated as potato pathogens. This group was easily distinguished from the clusters formed by the other subspecies of C. michiganensis and Gram positive plant pathogens. The potential for this technique to be used as a relatively rapid method to replace the time consuming and sometimes inconclusive eggplant bioassay test is discussed.

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    Neil C. Smith, Judy Hennessy & David E. Stead

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Smith, N.C., Hennessy, J. & Stead, D.E. Repetitive Sequence-derived PCR Profiling Using the BOX-A1R Primer for Rapid Identification of the Plant Pathogen Clavibacter Michiganensis Subspecies Sepedonicus. European Journal of Plant Pathology 107, 739–748 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011955811847

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