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Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants
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erwinia
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Erwinia \Erwinia\ prop. n. [after Erwin F. Smith, an American pathologist. --RHUD] a genus of rod-shaped motile bacteria, classed among the Enterobacteriaceae , that may attack plants. Species of Erwinia may also be cultured on artificial growth media. ...
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Erwinia is a genus of Enterobacteriaceae bacteria containing mostly plant pathogenic species which was named for the famous plant pathologist , Erwin Frink Smith . It contains gram-negative bacteria related to Escherichia coli , Shigella , Salmonella and ...
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n. rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants