Rhizobium vitis (Ophel and Kerr 1990) Young et al. 2001[4]
Allorhizobium vitis is a plant pathogen that infects grapevines. The species is best known for causing a tumor known as crown gall disease.[5] One of the virulent strains, A. vitis S4, is responsible both for crown gall on grapevines and for inducing a hypersensitive response in other plant species.[6] Grapevines that have been affected by crown gall disease produce fewer grapes than unaffected plants.[7] Though not all strains of A. vitis are tumorigenic, most strains can damage plant hosts.[6][8]
A. vitis shares many genetic and morphological characteristics with several Agrobacterium species, including A. tumefaciens.[9] The two species have overlapping host ranges, and both A. vitis and A. tumefaciens may reduce the yield of infected crops.[9] For this reason, research on A. vitis focuses on transmission and methods of control.
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