Abstract
Slow-growing bacteria similar to the bacterium causing lettuce corky root (CR) in California (strain CA1) were isolated from muck soils of Florida, New York, and Wisconsin, using lettuce seedlings as bait. All strains were tested for reaction with polyclonal antibodies produced against strain CA1 and for pathogenicity on CR-susceptible (Salinas) and CR-resistant (Green Lake) lettuce cultivars in a greenhouse. Five strains from Florida, three from New York, and three from Wisconsin induced severe CR symptoms on Salinas and mild symptoms on Green Lake. All strains were gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase positive, and catalase positive and reduced nitrate to ammonia. Whole-cell fatty acid compositions were similar for all strains and resembled that of Pseudomonas paucimobilis. Since this fatty acid pattern is unique, it is suggested that CR of lettuce is caused by strains of the same bacterium in Florida, New York, Wisconsin, and California.
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