S. Parker et al., IDENTIFICATION OF GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM INITIAL-STAGESOF WOUND-INITIATED DISCOLORATION OF RED MAPLE, European journal of forest pathology, 24(1), 1994, pp. 48-54
Similar gram-positive bacteria in the genera Bacillus and Actinomyces
were isolated from sapwood and stage-one discolored wood of red maple.
These isolates are unlike those previously reported from red maple wo
od in advanced decay.