Bacterial Plant DiseasesThe book provides thorough information about bacteria and bacterial plant diseases. It covers, history, structure, classification, special DNA characteristics and special activities of bacteria. Major important plant pathogenic bacteria and their plant diseases are also discussed. The book illustrates the information explicit through 59 figures, one major classification table and two small tables. At the end of the book several references are given for further study. Contents: Introduction, The Structure of Bacteria, Classification of Bacteria, Special DNA Characteristics of Bacteria, Special Activities of Bacteria, Bacterial Diseases in Plants. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Impact of External Environment on Bacteria | 8 |
The Structure of Bacteria | 13 |
Classification of Bacteria | 27 |
Classification of Bacteria | 49 |
Special DNA Characteristics of Bacteria | 58 |
Common terms and phrases
activity Aerobic Organotrophs amino acids Anaerobic antibiotic resistance Bacillus bacteria bacterial cell bacterial chromosome Bacterial leaf bacterium capsule carbon Causal Organism cause cell wall chemical chromosome Clavibacter cocci coli conjugation contains Control Measures cortex Corynebacterium cross-over diameter dsDNA molecule E.coli endospores enzymes episome F factor Facultatively filamentous fimbriae flagella flagellum forespore function genera genes genetic genome Genus gliding gram negative bacteria Gram-negative Gram-positive Gram-Positive Bacteria granules grow growth homologous infection layer lesions lipid Lithotrophs metabolism michiganense molecular mother cell motile mutant Name of Disease nonmotile nucleoid nutrients obscuriglobus occur operon Organotrophs outer membrane oxidizing oxygen pathogenic peptidoglycan peritrichous phage Photobacteria Phylum pili pilus planctomycetes plasmid plasmid DNA polysaccharide produce protein Pseudomonas recipient cell recombination replication ribosomal rods rotation seed sequence sex factor slime soil species spore sporulation strain streptomycin structure subunit surface symptoms synthesis temperature thermophilic transduction transfer transformation transposon tubers types Xanthomonas