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 | |
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 CFBP 1387 | |
Pathovars | |
P. m. pv. alfalfae | |
Synonyms | |
Bacterium marginale Brown 1918 |
Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. marginalis has been placed in the P. fluorescens group.[2]