It is the causal agent of bacterial leaf streak in of wheat and cereal crop.

The transmission rate is very low but ensures serious outbreaks in the field under suitable conditions.

The pathogen is a non-sporing, aerobic, motile, gram-negative, rod bacterium with a single polar flagellum.

translucens) causes a bacterial leaf streak of wheat.

[1]: 113 [2] Xts medium is developed and presented in Schaad & Forster 1985.