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Science 19 January 1973:
Vol. 179. no. 4070, pp. 298 - 300
DOI: 10.1126/science.179.4070.298
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Rickettsia-like Bacterium Associated with Pierce's Disease of Grapes

Donald L. Hopkins 1 and Hilton H. Mollenhauer 2

1 Agricultural Research Center, University of Florida, Leesburg 32748
2 Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville 32601

A pleomorphic bacterium was observed by electron microscopy in grape plants infected with Pierce's disease. The organism was located in xylem tissue, and its occurrence was closely associated with symptoms of Pierce's disease. The bacterium resembled a rickettsia in morphology, in its failure to grow on cell-free media, and in its sensitivity to tetracycline antibiotics.


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