Not All Acidovorax Are Created Equal: Gibberellin Biosynthesis in the Turfgrass Pathogen subsp. .

In recent years subsp. was identified as a major cause of bacterial etiolation and decline (BED) in turfgrasses and has become a growing economical concern for the turfgrass industry. The symptoms of BED resemble those of "bakanae," or foolish seedling disease, of rice (), in which the gibberellins produced by the infecting fungus, , contribute to the symptom development.