“…They are said to invade living plants and to produce dry necrosis, galls, wilts, and soft rot. Reports of the Erwinia include definition of characteristics (Winslow et al, 1917;Billing and Baker, 1963) and studies for differentiation from the coliform bacteria which they so closely resemble (Stanley, 1938;Stuart, Griffin, and Baker, 1938;Stuart, Mickle, and Borman, 1940;Dowson, 1941;Elrod, 1941Elrod, , 1942.…”