Description of Dryocola gen. nov. and two novel species, Dryocola boscaweniae sp. nov. and Dryocola clanedunensis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of native British oaks (2023)
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Maddock, D., Brady, C., Denman, S., & Arnold, D. (2023). Description of Dryocola gen. nov. and two novel species, Dryocola boscaweniae sp. nov. and Dryocola clanedunensis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of native British oaks. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 46(2), Article 126399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126399

While investigating the role of the rhizosphere in the development of Acute Oak Decline, bacterial strains belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae were isolated from rhizosphere soil following enrichment for the Enterobacterales. Partial sequencin... Read More about Description of Dryocola gen. nov. and two novel species, Dryocola boscaweniae sp. nov. and Dryocola clanedunensis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of native British oaks.

Description of a novel species of Leclercia, Leclercia tamurae sp. nov. and proposal of a novel genus Silvania gen. nov. containing two novel species Silvania hatchlandensis sp. nov. and Silvania confinis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of oak (2022)
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Maddock, D., Arnold, D., Denman, S., & Brady, C. (2022). Description of a novel species of Leclercia, Leclercia tamurae sp. nov. and proposal of a novel genus Silvania gen. nov. containing two novel species Silvania hatchlandensis sp. nov. and Silvania confinis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of oak. BMC Microbiology, 22(1), 289. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02711-x

Background: Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is a decline disease first reported on native oaks in the UK, but in recent years reports from further afield such as Europe and the Middle East, indicate that the distribution and host range is increasing at an al... Read More about Description of a novel species of Leclercia, Leclercia tamurae sp. nov. and proposal of a novel genus Silvania gen. nov. containing two novel species Silvania hatchlandensis sp. nov. and Silvania confinis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of oak.

Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK (2019)
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Bueno-Gonzalez, V., Brady, C., Denman, S., Plummer, S., Allainguillaume, J., & Arnold, D. (2019). Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 69(11), 3368-3376. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003615

Twenty-two cream-coloured bacterial strains were isolated from oak trees affected by acute oak decline (AOD) in Southern England. Isolates were Gram-negative, motile, slightly curved rods, aerobic, non-spore-forming, catalase positive and oxidase pos... Read More about Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov., isolated from pedunculate oak affected by acute oak decline in the UK.

Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline (2017)
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Brady, C., Arnold, D. L., McDonald, J., & Denman, S. (2017). Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 33(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-017-2296-4

© 2017, The Author(s). Acute oak decline (AOD) is a relatively newly described disorder affecting native oak species in Britain. Symptomatic trees are characterised by stem bleeds from vertical fissures, necrotic lesions in the live tissue beneath an... Read More about Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline.

Rapid identification of bacteria associated with Acute Oak Decline by high-resolution melt analysis (2016)
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Brady, C., Allainguillaume, J., Denman, S., & Arnold, D. (2016). Rapid identification of bacteria associated with Acute Oak Decline by high-resolution melt analysis. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 63(2), 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.12593

© 2016 The Society for Applied Microbiology Two Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae, Gibbsiella quercinecans and Brenneria goodwinii, are frequently isolated from oak suffering from Acute Oak Decline. These two species are difficult to identify based on... Read More about Rapid identification of bacteria associated with Acute Oak Decline by high-resolution melt analysis.

Gibbsiella papilionis Kim et al. 2013 is a later heterotypic synonym of gibbsiella dentisursi Saito et al. 2013 (2015)
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Brady, C., Irisawa, T., Iino, T., Ohkuma, M., Arnold, D. L., & Denman, S. (2015). Gibbsiella papilionis Kim et al. 2013 is a later heterotypic synonym of gibbsiella dentisursi Saito et al. 2013. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(12), 4788-4791. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000649

© 2015 IUMS. Synonymy of Gibbsiella dentisursi DSM 23818T (=NUM 1720T) and Gibbsiella papilionis JCM 18389T (=LEN33T) was suspected following multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of both type strains in a previous classification study, where they were... Read More about Gibbsiella papilionis Kim et al. 2013 is a later heterotypic synonym of gibbsiella dentisursi Saito et al. 2013.

Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella (2014)
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Brady, C., Hunter, G., Kirk, S., Arnold, D. L., & Denman, S. (2014). Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 37(8), 545-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2014.09.001

© 2014 Published by Elsevier GmbH. Isolations from oak symptomatic of Acute Oak Decline, alder and walnut log tissue, and buprestid beetles in 2009-2012 yielded 32 Gram-negative bacterial strains showing highest gyrB sequence similarity to Rahnella a... Read More about Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella.

Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA (2014)
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Brady, C., Hunter, G., Kirk, S., Arnold, D. L., & Denman, S. (2014). Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 37(6), 417-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2014.07.002

In 2010, cream-coloured, Gram-negative staining, facultatively anaerobic enterobacteria were isolated from a single black oak tree (Quercus kelloggii) exhibiting decline symptoms in southern California, USA. These 12 isolates were tentatively identif... Read More about Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA.

Description of Brenneria roseae sp. nov. and two subspecies, Brenneria roseae subspecies roseae ssp. nov and Brenneria roseae subspecies americana ssp. nov. isolated from symptomatic oak (2014)
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Brady, C., Hunter, G., Kirk, S., Arnold, D. L., & Denman, S. (2014). Description of Brenneria roseae sp. nov. and two subspecies, Brenneria roseae subspecies roseae ssp. nov and Brenneria roseae subspecies americana ssp. nov. isolated from symptomatic oak. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 37(6), 396-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2014.04.005

Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria were isolated from symptomatic oak tissue in the UK and USA. Partial gyrB sequencing placed ten strains in the genus Brenneria, with B. goodwinii as the closest phylogenetic relative. The strains were i... Read More about Description of Brenneria roseae sp. nov. and two subspecies, Brenneria roseae subspecies roseae ssp. nov and Brenneria roseae subspecies americana ssp. nov. isolated from symptomatic oak.