| erwinia tasmaniensis sp. nov., a non-phytopathogenic bacterium from apple and pear trees. | bacteria were isolated from flowers and bark of apple and pear trees at three places in australia. in victoria, tasmania and queensland, strains with white colonies on nutrient agar were screened for dome-shaped colony morphology on agar with sucrose and were found to be closely related by several criteria. the isolates were not pathogenic on apples or pears. they were characterized by a polyphasic approach including microbiological and api assays as well as fatty acid methyl ester analysis, dna ... | 2006 | 17159002 |