Multiple choice

Pseudomonas syringae is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium. Which of the following spheres does it colonise?

  1. Caulosphere

  2. Rhizosphere

  3. Laimosphere

  4. Phyllosphere

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Pseudomonas syringae colonises phyllosphere (above-ground portions of plants). It lives in the leaf ecosystem as an epiphyte and a pathogen.