''Brenneria'' is a genus of
Pectobacteriaceae
The ''Pectobacteriaceae'' are a family of Gram-negative bacteria which largely consist of plant pathogens. This family is a member of the order Enterobacterales in the class Gammaproteobacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota. The type species of ...
, containing mostly
pathogen
In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ ...
s of woody
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
s. This genus is named after the microbiologist
Don J. Brenner.
Some members of this genus were formerly placed in ''
Erwinia
''Erwinia'' is a genus of Enterobacterales bacteria containing mostly plant pathogenic species which was named for the famous plant pathologist, Erwin Frink Smith. It contains Gram-negative bacteria related to ''Escherichia coli'', ''Shigella'', ...
''.
Species
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
now placed in ''Brenneria'' include:
* ''
Brenneria alni''
* ''
Brenneria corticis''
* ''
Brenneria goodwinii''
* ''
Brenneria nigrifluens''
* ''
Brenneria populi''
* ''
Brenneria roseae''
** subsp. ''americana''
** subsp. ''roseae''
* ''
Brenneria rubrifaciens''
* ''
Brenneria salicis''
Plant disease
Plant diseases and host
''Brenneria rubrifaciens'' (deep bark canker) - Walnut (''Juglans regia'')
''Brenneria'' ''goodwinii'' (Acute Oak Decline) - Oak (''Quercus robur'')
''Brenneria salicis'' (Watermark disease) - Willow (''Salix spp.'')
''Brenneria alni'' (bark canker) - Alder (''Alnus spp.'')
''Brenneria nigrifluens'' (shallow bark canker) - Walnut (''Juglans regia'')
''Brenneria populi'' (bark canker) - Poplar (''Populus x euramericana'')
''Brenneria corticis'' (bark canker) - Poplar (''Populus x euramericana'')
''Brenneria roseae'' subsp. ''roseae'' - possibly involved in
Acute Oak Decline
Acute oak decline is a disease that infects oak trees in the UK. It mainly affects mature oak trees of over 50 years old of both Britain's native oak species: the pedunculate oak (''Quercus robur'') and the sessile oak (''Quercus petraea''). The ...
in the UK - Oak (''Quercus cerris'')
''Brenneria roseae'' subsp. ''americana'' - possibly involved in
Acute Oak Decline
Acute oak decline is a disease that infects oak trees in the UK. It mainly affects mature oak trees of over 50 years old of both Britain's native oak species: the pedunculate oak (''Quercus robur'') and the sessile oak (''Quercus petraea''). The ...
in the USA - Oak (''Quercus kelloggii'')
References
Bacteria genera
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