Pseudomonas marginalis is a soil bacterium that can cause soft rots of plant tissues.[1] It infects poinsettia, lettuce, and crucifers (canola, mustard).
| Pseudomonas marginalis | |
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| Chicory infected with Pseudomonas marginalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pseudomonadales |
| Family: | Pseudomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudomonas |
| Species: | P. marginalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomonas marginalis (Brown 1918)
Stevens 1925 | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 10844 | |
| Pathovars | |
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P. m. pv. alfalfae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bacterium marginale Brown 1918 | |
Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. marginalis has been placed in the P. fluorescens group.[2]
References
edit- ^ Smith, Dunez, Lelliot, Phillips and Archer (1988) European Handbook of Plant Disease. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
- ^ Anzai; Kim, H; Park, JY; Wakabayashi, H; Oyaizu, H; et al. (Jul 2000). "Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence" (PDF). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 50 (4): 1563–1589. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-4-1563. PMID 10939664. S2CID 17814159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-20.
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