Further Information

NCPPB No. 854

Catalogue Name

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Collins & Jones 1983

Name as received:

Corynebacterium poinsettiae

Synonym(s):

Curtobacterium poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Osdaghi et al. 2024 not validly published

Corynebacterium poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Burkholder 1948

Country:

USA

Host:

Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia)

Year added:

1960

Year Isolated:

1941

Donated by:

ATCC 9682

Isolated by:

Mortimer P. Starr

Source (if not isolated by donor):

ex ICPB CP2

Other collections with this strain (ref no):

ICMP 2566, CIP 107084T, ATCC 9682, CFBP 2403, LMG 3715, DSM 20149

Type strain of the species:

Pathotype strain:

Yes

Media:

Notes

Osdaghi et al. 2024 have cited this as their type strain of 'Curtobacterium poinsettiae'.

Pathogenicity confirmed

Australia group

Reference

Phytomonas poinsettiae N. Sp., The Cause of a Bacterial Disease of Poinsettia, Mortimer P. Starr and P. P. Pirone, Phytopathology 1942-12: Volume 32, Issue 12 (https://archive.org/details/sim_phytopathology_1942-12_32_12/page/1076/mode/2up); DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126489