Current classification of the Bacillus pumilus group species, the rubber-pathogenic bacteria causing trunk Bulges disease in Malaysia as assessed by MLSA and multi rep-PCR approaches

• Main Authors: Azman Husni, Ainur Ainiah, Ismail, Siti Izera, Md Jaafar @ Ahmad Jaafar, Noraini, Zulperi, Dzarifah
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96578/; https://www.ppjonline.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.5423/PPJ.OA.02.2021.0017

Bacillus pumilus is the causal agent of trunk bulges disease affecting rubber and rubberwood quality and yield production. In this study, B. pumilus and other closely related species were included in B. pumilus group, as they shared over 99.5% similarity from 16S rRNA analysis. Multilocus sequence a...