Rathayibacter tritici is a Gram-positive soil bacterium. It is a plant pathogen and causes spike blight in wheat.
| Rathayibacter tritici | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Microbacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Rathayibacter |
| Species: | R. rathayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Rathayibacter rathayi (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) Zgurskaya et al. 1993[1] | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 11403 CCUG 23914 CFBP 1385 CIP 104038 DSM 7486 ICMP 2626 JCM 9309 LMG 3728 NCPPB 1857 VKM Ac-1603 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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