Abstract

BONINI, Marcel; RODRIGUES NETO, Júlio  and  MARINGONI, Antonio Carlos. Production and sensitivity of Brazilian isolates of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri to bacteriocins. Summa phytopathol. [online]. 2012, vol.38, n.3, pp. 232-234. ISSN 0100-5405.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-54052012000300009.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the production and sensitivity of 48 Brazilian isolates of X. axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) to bacteriocins. Based on the obtained results, no isolate of Xac was sensitive to the bacteriocins produced by the evaluated bacterial isolates.

Keywords : citrus canker; Citrus spp; bacterium.