A pathovar is a bacterial strain or set of strains with the same or similar characteristics, that is differentiated at infrasubspecific level from other strains of the same species or subspecies on the basis of distinctive pathogenicity to one or more plant hosts.

ExamplesEdit

• Pseudomonas amygdali pv. phaseolicola
• Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

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On WikiGardener species and genera are always written in italics.

See alsoEdit

• Form (f.)
• Forma specialis (f.sp. or ff. spp.)
• Species (sp. or spp.)
• Subforma (subf.)
• Subspecies (subsp. or ssp.)
• Subvariety (subvar.)
• Variety (var.)

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