Clavibacter sepedonicus

TaxID: 31964

Basic Information

Clavibacter sepedonicus

Ring Rot of Potato

Clavibacter sepedonicus is a species of bacteria in the genus Clavibacter. C. sepedonicus is a high-profile alien plant pathogen of A2 Quarantine status affecting only potatoes. It causes a disease in potatoes known as 'ring rot' due to the way it rots vascular tissue inside potato tubers It is present in parts of Europe but is under statutory control under 'Council Directive 93/85/EEC' of 4 October 1993 on the control of potato ring rot. This means that if an outbreak occurs, the outbreak must be controlled and if possible the disease has to be eradicated. If necessary, prohibitions are put into place to prevent further spread. A plant showing symptoms of ring rot should be reported to the local plant health authority.

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Taxonomic Information

Bacteria

Actinomycetota

Actinomycetes

Micrococcales

Microbacteriaceae

Clavibacter

sepedonicus

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Morphological Features

Cells are Gram-positive, club-shaped rods, non-motile, non-spore-forming, and obligately aerobic . Cell dimensions vary: 0.8–1.2 × 0.4–0.6 µm , or 0.4–0.8 × 0.9–2.2 µm. Cells occur singly or in pairs . Colonies on culture media are creamy to yellowish-cream, with optimal growth temperature of 20–23°C .

Source: EPPO Global Database Life Stage: Vegetative cell Source Type: Diagnostic reference
Citation:

EPPO Global Database. Clavibacter sepedonicus datasheet.

Host Plants (27 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (59 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Albania Quarantine pests —
Argentina A1 list 2019
Austria Present 2019
Azerbaijan Absent 2024
Belgium Present 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II B) 2019
Bahrain A2 list 2003
Brazil A1 list 2018
Canada Quarantine pest 2019
Switzerland A1 list 2019
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Distribution (60 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

33
Present
27
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Absent —
Algeria Absent —
Austria Absent —
Belgium Absent —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Absent —
Belarus Present —
Cambodia Absent —
Canada Present
Switzerland Absent —
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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_000069225.1 Complete Genome 3 3258 3258 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature