''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'' is a genus of Pectobacteriaceae, containing mostly pathogens of woody plants. This genus is named after the microbiologist Don J. Brenner. Some members of this genus were formerly placed in ''Erwinia''. Species Species now plac ...

'' * ''

Brenneria nigrifluens ''Brenneria'' is a genus of Pectobacteriaceae, containing mostly pathogens of woody plants. This genus is named after the microbiologist Don J. Brenner. Some members of this genus were formerly placed in ''Erwinia''. Species Species now plac ...

'' * ''

Brenneria populi ''Brenneria'' is a genus of Pectobacteriaceae, containing mostly pathogens of woody plants. This genus is named after the microbiologist Don J. Brenner. Some members of this genus were formerly placed in ''Erwinia''. Species Species now plac ...

'' * ''

Brenneria roseae ''Brenneria'' is a genus of Pectobacteriaceae, containing mostly pathogens of woody plants. This genus is named after the microbiologist Don J. Brenner. Some members of this genus were formerly placed in ''Erwinia''. Species Species now plac ...

'' ** subsp. ''americana'' ** subsp. ''roseae'' * ''

Brenneria rubrifaciens ''Brenneria'' is a genus of Pectobacteriaceae, containing mostly pathogens of woody plants. This genus is named after the microbiologist Don J. Brenner. Some members of this genus were formerly placed in ''Erwinia''. Species Species now plac ...

'' * '' 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

in the USA - Oak (''Quercus kelloggii'')

References

Bacteria genera {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub