Xylophilus (bacterium)

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Xylophilus

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Pseudomonadota

| classis = Betaproteobacteria

| ordo = Burkholderiales

| familia = Comamonadaceae

| genus = Xylophilus

| genus_authority = Willems et al. 1987{{cite journal|last1=Parte|first1=A.C.|title=Xylophilus|journal=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/xylophilus}}

| type_strain = [http://www.ncppb.com/furtherinfo.cfm?ncppb_no=2217 NCPPB 2217]

| type_species = Xylophilus ampelinus

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = X. ampelinus
X. rhododendri

| synonyms =

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Xylophilus (from greek: xylon – "wood"; philus – "friend, loving") is a genus of bacteria, which includes bacteria that cause plant disease. Strains are available from international collections, such as the NCPPB in the United Kingdom, for legitimate researchers and plant disease diagnosticians working in premises licensed to hold it.

The genus Xylophilus currently comprises the species X. ampelinus, which affects grapevines.{{Cite journal |last=Willems |first=A. |last2=Gillis |first2=M. |last3=Kersters |first3=K. |last4=Van Den Broecke |first4=L. |last5=De Ley |first5=J. |date=1987-10-01 |title=Transfer of Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 to a New Genus, Xylophilus gen. nov., as Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) comb. nov. |url=https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-37-4-422 |journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology |language=en |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=422–430 |doi=10.1099/00207713-37-4-422 |issn=0020-7713|url-access=subscription }} A second species, X. rhododendri, was described in 2020.{{Cite journal |last=Lee |first=Shin Ae |last2=Heo |first2=Jun |last3=Kim |first3=Tae-Wan |last4=Sang |first4=Mee-Kyung |last5=Song |first5=Jaekyeong |last6=Kwon |first6=Soon-Wo |last7=Weon |first7=Hang-Yeon |date=2020 |title=Xylophilus rhododendri sp. nov., Isolated from Flower of Royal Azalea, Rhododendron schlippenbachii |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00284-020-02194-x |journal=Current Microbiology |language=en |volume=77 |issue=12 |pages=4160–4166 |doi=10.1007/s00284-020-02194-x |issn=0343-8651|url-access=subscription }}