Journal
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 295, Issue 1, Pages 129-134Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01597.x
Keywords
Xylella; Pierce's disease; grapevine xylem sap; biofilm; Vitis
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- University of California
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Xylella fastidiosa is able to form biofilms within xylem vessels of man), economically important crops. Vessel blockage is believed to be a major contributor to disease development caused by this bacterium. This report shows that Vitis riparia xylem sap increases growth rate and induces a characteristic biofilm architecture as compared with biofilms formed in PD2 and PW media. In addition, stable Cultures could be maintained, frozen and reestablished in xylem sap. These findings are important as xylem sap provides a natural medium that facilitates the identification of virulence determinants of Pierce's disease.
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