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Corynebacterium fascians : Phytopathogenicity and Numerical Analysis of Phenotypic Features
Author(s) -
Elia S.,
Gosselé F.,
Vantomme R.,
Swings J.,
Ley J. De
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1984.tb03396.x
Subject(s) - biology , corynebacterium , phenotype , homogeneous , host (biology) , similarity (geometry) , genetics , bacteria , gene , artificial intelligence , physics , computer science , image (mathematics) , thermodynamics
Forty‐four Corynebacterium fascians strains from different geographical origins and host plants were characterized by their phytopathological capacity towards different host plants together with 206 morphological, biochemical and physiological features. The numerical analysis of the phenotypic features utilizing the S SM similarity coefficient and the average unweighted pair‐group clustering method revealed that all Corynebacterium fascians strains form a rather homogeneous cluster: over 80%, S SM exists between the 44 Corynebacterium fascians strains from phenon II. From the present results the reclassification of C. fascians as Rhodococcus rhodochrous is not obvious.