Bacterial blight of cotton

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Xanthomonadales
Family: Xanthomonadaceae
Genus: Xanthomonas
Species: X. axonopodis
Pathovar: X. a. pv. malvacearum
Trionomial name
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum

Bacterial blight of cotton is a disease affecting the cotton plant resulting from infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pathovar malvacearum (Xcm) a Gram negative, motile rod-shaped, non spore-forming bacterium with a single polar flagellum