Brenneria

Brenneria
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Enterobacterales
Family:
Pectobacteriaceae
Genus:
Brenneria
Species

See text.

Brenneria is a genus of Pectobacteriaceae, containing mostly pathogens of woody plants.[1] This genus is named after the microbiologist Don J. Brenner.

Some members of this genus were formerly placed in Erwinia.[2]

  1. ^ Phylogenetic Position of Phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Hauben et al, 1998. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80048-9
  2. ^ Toth, Ian K.; Bell, Kenneth S.; Holeva, Maria C.; Birch, Paul R. J. (1 January 2003). "Soft rot erwiniae: from genes to genomes". Molecular Plant Pathology. 4 (1): 17–30. doi:10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00149.x. PMID 20569359.