''Brenneria'' is a genus of

Pectobacteriaceae The ''Pectobacteriaceae'' are a family (biology), 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 ...

, containing mostly

pathogen In biology, a pathogen (, "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 theory of d ...

s of woody

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

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 A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

now placed in ''Brenneria'' include: * ''

Brenneria alni ''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 ...

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Brenneria corticis ''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 place ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 salicis ''Brenneria salicis'' is a Gram-negative bacterium that is pathogenic on plants. The bacterium is known to cause 'watermark disease' in willow ('' Salix'' ssp.) trees. Watermark disease affects infected trees by occluding the xylem Xylem is ...

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 in the UK - Oak (''Quercus cerris'') ''Brenneria roseae'' subsp. ''americana'' - possibly involved in Acute Oak Decline in the USA - Oak (''Quercus kelloggii'')

References

Pectobacteriaceae Bacteria genera {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub