''Rhizobacter'' is a bacterial genus from the class ''Gammaaproteobacteria'' order ''Pseudomonadales''. It is a plant pathogenic bacterium and, like a few other phytopathogenic bacteria, produces tumors in infected plants. It appears to have an extremely wide host range, producing tumors (galls) on the roots, stems and tubers of at least 46 species of plants from 24 families, which includes many economically important species such as

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 ...

(''Solanum lycopersicum'') and

cabbage Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of '' Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( ''B.& ...

(''Brassica oleracea'').Kawarazaki, H., Goto, M., Kato, K., Kijima, T., and Takikawa, Y. (2012). Isolation and plant host range of ''Rhizobacter dauci'', causal agent of carrot bacterial gall. Jpn. J. Phytopathol. 78, 293–300. https://doi.org/10.3186/jjphytopath.78.293 The type species, '' Rhizobacter dauci'' was first identified causing carrot bacterial gall in Japan and was described in 1988.

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Pseudomonadales Bacteria genera Bacterial plant pathogens and diseases {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub