Pseudomonas cichorii

Pseudomonas cichorii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae
Genus:	Pseudomonas
Species:	P. cichorii
Binomial name
Pseudomonas cichorii (Swingle 1925) Stapp 1928
Type strain
ATCC 10857 CCUG 32776 CFBP 2101 CIP 106704 DSM 50259 ICMP 5707 LMG 2162 NCCB 69031 NCPPB 943
Synonyms
Phytomonas cichorii Swingle 1925 Bacterium cichorii (Swingle 1925) Elliott 1930 Pseudomonas endiviae Kotte 1930 Bacterium formosanum Okabe 1935 Chlorobacter cichorii (Swingle 1925) Patel and Kulkarni 1951

Pseudomonas cichorii is a Gram-negative soil bacterium that is pathogenic to plants. It has a wide host range, and can have an important economical impact on lettuce, celery and chrysanthemum crops.^[1] P. cichorii was first isolated on endives (Cichorium endivia), from which it derives its name. It produces 6-aminopenicillanic acid.^[2] Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. cichorii has been placed in the P. syringae group.^[3]

References

1. Smith, Dunez, Lelliot, Phillips and Archer (1988) European Handbook of Plant Disease. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
2. Huang HT, English AR, Production of 6-aminopenicillanic acid. US Patent 3,239,427 dated March 8, 1966.
3. Anzai; Kim, H; Park, JY; Wakabayashi, H; Oyaizu, H; et al. (Jul 2000). "Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50 (4): 1563–89. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-4-1563. PMID 10939664.