
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Teakle, DS 
A1  - Smith, PM 
A1  - Steindl, DRL 
T1  - Association of a small coryneform bacterium with the ratoon stunting disease of sugar-cane
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1973
VL  - 24
IS  - 6
SP  - 869
EP  - 874
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9730869 
N2  - When fibrovascular sap extracts of sugar-cane plants affected by the ratoon stunting disease (RSD) were centrifuged and the resuspended pellets negatively stained and examined in an electron microscope, cells of a small bacterium were always observed. The bacterium could be distinguished readily from other bacteria present by its small size (usually 1.0&ndash;2.5 &#181;m long by 0.15&ndash;0.32 &#181;m wide), the coryneform (club-shaped) morphology of some cells, and its permeability to negative stain revealing a thin cell wall surrounding a cytoplasmic membrane and coiled mesosomes. Since the small bacterium was never observed in fibrovascular extracts of RSD-free sugar-cane plants, it is a possible causal agent of RSD. 
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