Order Enterobacteriales Scientific name Erwinia Rank Genus | Phylum Proteobacteria Family Enterobacteriaceae Higher classification Enterobacteriaceae | |
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Similar Bacteria, Dickeya dadantii, Xanthomonas, Pseudomonas syringae, Pectobacterium | ||
Bacterial soft rot erwinia on aeranthes
Erwinia is a genus of Enterobacteriaceae 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, Salmonella, and Yersinia. They are primarily rod-shaped bacteria.
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Many infect woody plants. A well-known member of this genus is the species E. amylovora, which causes fire blight on apples, pears, and other Rosaceae crops; E. tracheiphila, though, causes bacterial wilt of cucurbits. Other familiar species, such as E. carotovora (another major cause of plant diseases), are more distantly related to the fire blight bacterium, and been moved to genera Brenneria, Dickeya, and Pectobacterium.
Erwinia
Species
Species remaining in Erwinia are:
