Science. 1980 Dec 19;210(4476):1365-7. doi: 10.1126/science.210.4476.1365.
A small coryneform bacterium was consistently isolated from sugarcane with ratoon stunting disease and shown to be the causal agent. A similar bacterium was isolated from Bermuda grass. Both strains multiplied in sugarcane and Bermuda grass, but the Bermuda grass strain did not incite the symptoms of ratoon stunting disease in sugarcane. Shoot growth in Bermuda grass was retarded by both strains.
一种小型棒状细菌一直从发生宿根矮化病的甘蔗上分离得到，被证明是该病的病原物。从百慕大草上也分离到一种类似的细菌。这两个菌株都在甘蔗和百慕大草上繁殖，但百慕大草菌株不会在甘蔗上引起宿根矮化病的症状。两个菌株都使百慕大草的茎生长受到抑制。
