''Dickeya'' is a
genus of the
family Pectobacteriaceae that consists mainly of
pathogens from
herbaceous plants. Dickeya is the result of the reclassification of 75 strains of ''Pectobacterium chrysanthemi'', as well as ''
Brenneria
''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 ...
paradisiaca'' CFBP 4178, into a new genus. The genus is named for American
phytopathologist
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
Robert S. Dickey
Robert S. Dickey (18 January 1921 in Riverside, California, Riverside – 1 July 1991 in Prescott, Arizona, Prescott) was an American phytopathologist, professor emeritus of Plant Pathology at the Cornell University and the namesake of the bacteria ...
. Several species in this genus, such as ''Dickeya dadantii'', are known
phytopathogen
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
s.
now placed here include:
* ''
Dickeya aquatica''
* ''
Dickeya chrysanthemi''
[
* '' Dickeya dadantii'' (''D. chrysanthemi'')
* '' Dickeya dianthicola''
* '' Dickeya dieffenbachiae''
* '' Dickeya paradisiaca''
* '']Dickeya solani
''Dickeya solani'' is a bacterium that causes blackleg and soft rot in potato crops. Its symptoms are often indistinguishable from those caused by ''Pectobacterium'' but is more virulent, causing disease from lower levels of inoculum and sprea ...
''[
* '' Dickeya zeae'' ]
References
External links
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NCBI Taxonomy
Bacteria genera
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