''Pseudomonas corrugata'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

, plant-pathogenic

bacterium Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the ...

that causes

pith Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which in some cases can store starch. In eudicotyledons, pith is located in the center of the stem. In monocotyledons, it ex ...

necrosis in

tomato The tomato (, ), ''Solanum lycopersicum'', is a plant whose fruit is an edible Berry (botany), berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originate ...

es. Based on 16S

rRNA Ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) is a type of non-coding RNA which is the primary component of ribosomes, essential to all cells. rRNA is a ribozyme which carries out protein synthesis in ribosomes. Ribosomal RNA is transcribed from ribosomal ...

analysis, ''P. corrugata'' has been placed in the '' P. fluorescens'' group. For a more comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of ''P. corrugata'' and its closely related phytopathogenic bacterium ''P. mediterranea'', refer to Trantas ''et al.'' 2015.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Pseudomonas corrugata'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Pseudomonadales Bacterial plant pathogens and diseases Tomato diseases Bacteria described in 1978 {{Pseudomonadales-stub