Some strains of Pectobacterium sp. and other plant pathogenic enterobacteria are known to produce Trimethylamine, responsible for "fishy" smell of infected plants and bacteria on agar medium. Such bacteria were very rare in Russia until recent years.
Trimethylamine smells, trimethylamine N-oxide does not. Trimethylamine N-oxide increases osmotic concentration and thus depress the freezing point in bacteria, an important detail for Russian population of plant pathogens. Does anybody know abount frequency of this trait in pathogen populations in other areas and possible use for diagnostics and evaluation of climate change impact in plant pathology?
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