Kingdom Bacteria Family Streptomycetaceae Genus Streptomyces Order Actinomycetales | Class Actinobacteria Phylum Actinobacteria Rank Species | |
Similar Streptomyces, Streptomyces scabies, Actinomycetales, Kitasatospora, Rhodococcus fascians | ||
Streptomyces turgidiscabies is a streptomycete bacterium species, causing scab in potatoes. It has flexuous spore, the latter which are cylindrical and smooth. The type strain is SY9113T (= ATCC 700248T = IFO 16080T). It is almost identical to Streptomyces reticuliscabiei, however they are considered distinct species given the diseases they cause are different.
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