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First report of Brenneria goodwinii, Gibbsiella quercinecans and Rahnella victoriana in declining oaks in France (2024)
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Eichenlaub, L., Eichenlaub, L., Denman, S., Denman, S., Brady, C., Maddock, D., …Robin, C. (2024). First report of Brenneria goodwinii, Gibbsiella quercinecans and Rahnella victoriana in declining oaks in France. New Disease Reports, 49(2), Article e12264. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12264

Acute Oak Decline, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is mediated by abiotic factors (temperature and precipitation) and triggered by insects (mainly the bark-boring beetle Agrilus biguttatus) and a complex of bacterial species (m... Read More about First report of Brenneria goodwinii, Gibbsiella quercinecans and Rahnella victoriana in declining oaks in France.

Reliable and specific detection and identification of Brenneria goodwinii, the causal agent of oak and oriental beech decline (2024)
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Araeinejhad, M. H., Charkhabi, N. F., Brady, C., & Rahimian, H. (2024). Reliable and specific detection and identification of Brenneria goodwinii, the causal agent of oak and oriental beech decline. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 7, Article 1325897. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1325897

Chestnut-leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia) and oriental beech (Fagus orientalis) are among the major tree species in the Hyrcanian forests. Brenneria goodwinii was identified as the causal agent of necrotic lesions and stem bleeding on affected oak... Read More about Reliable and specific detection and identification of Brenneria goodwinii, the causal agent of oak and oriental beech decline.

Association of Dryocola boscaweniae, Gibbsiella greigii and Gibbsiella quercinecans with oak decline in Iran (2024)
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Araeinejhad, M. H., Falahi Chrakhabi, N., Rahimian, H., & Brady, C. (in press). Association of Dryocola boscaweniae, Gibbsiella greigii and Gibbsiella quercinecans with oak decline in Iran. European Journal of Forest Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-024-01658-0

Tree decline is described as the loss in tree vigor and increased mortality initiated by climate change events, and also involves pathogens and pests. Stem bleeding and bark canker of oak (Quercus castaneifolia) were observed in Mazandaran and Golest... Read More about Association of Dryocola boscaweniae, Gibbsiella greigii and Gibbsiella quercinecans with oak decline in Iran.

Bacteria associated with acute oak decline: Where did they come from? We know where they go (2023)
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Maddock, D., Brady, C., Denman, S., & Arnold, D. (2023). Bacteria associated with acute oak decline: Where did they come from? We know where they go. Microorganisms, 11(11), Article 2789. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11112789

Acute oak decline is a high-impact disease causing necrotic lesions on the trunk, crown thinning and the eventual death of oak. Four bacterial species are associated with the lesions—Brenneria goodwinii, Gibbsiella quercinecans, Rahnella victoriana a... Read More about Bacteria associated with acute oak decline: Where did they come from? We know where they go.

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.

Transfer of Erwinia toletana and Erwinia iniecta to a novel genus Winslowiella gen. nov. as Winslowiella toletana comb. nov. and Winslowiella iniecta comb. nov. and description of Winslowiella arboricola sp. nov., isolated from bleeding cankers on broadleaf hosts (2022)
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Brady, C., Kaur, S., Crampton, B., Maddock, D., Arnold, D., & Denman, S. (2022). Transfer of Erwinia toletana and Erwinia iniecta to a novel genus Winslowiella gen. nov. as Winslowiella toletana comb. nov. and Winslowiella iniecta comb. nov. and description of Winslowiella arboricola sp. nov., isolated from bleeding cankers on broadleaf hosts. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 1063107. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1063107

Following a screening campaign of bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts in Great Britain, numerous bacterial strains were isolated, identified by 16S rRNA and protein-coding gene sequencing and ultimately classified. During the course of the study, sev... Read More about Transfer of Erwinia toletana and Erwinia iniecta to a novel genus Winslowiella gen. nov. as Winslowiella toletana comb. nov. and Winslowiella iniecta comb. nov. and description of Winslowiella arboricola sp. nov., isolated from bleeding cankers on broadleaf hosts.

Akutno odumiranje hrastova (AOH) – nova kompleksna bolest na hrastu crniki (Quercus ilex L.) i mogućnosti širenja na ostale vrste hrastova u Hrvatskoj (2022)
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Pernek, M., Brady, C., Lacković, N., Dubravac, T., Jukić, A., & Kovač, M. (2022). Akutno odumiranje hrastova (AOH) – nova kompleksna bolest na hrastu crniki (Quercus ilex L.) i mogućnosti širenja na ostale vrste hrastova u Hrvatskoj. Šumarski list, 146(9-10), 439-446. https://doi.org/10.31298/sl.146.9-10.5

U radu se prikazuje pregled dosadašnjih saznanja o Akutnom odumiranju hrastova (AOH), u svijetu opisanom kao AOD (Acute oak decline). Ova polimikrobna bolest je nedavno otkrivena u Hrvatskoj (2021. godine) na poluotoku Pelegrin (otok Hvar), gdje se n... Read More about Akutno odumiranje hrastova (AOH) – nova kompleksna bolest na hrastu crniki (Quercus ilex L.) i mogućnosti širenja na ostale vrste hrastova u Hrvatskoj.

Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts (2022)
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Maddock, D., Brady, C., Kile, H., Denman, S., & Arnold, D. (2022). Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 1011653. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1011653

While investigating the bacterial populations of environmental samples taken from a mix of healthy and Acute Oak Decline afflicted Quercus robur (pedunculate or English oak) rhizosphere soil samples and swabs of bleeding lesions on Tilia spp. (lime)... Read More about Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts.

Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia × moltkei and Tilia × europaea trees in the UK (2022)
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Kile, H., Arnold, D., Allainguillaume, J., Denman, S., & Brady, C. (2022). Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia × moltkei and Tilia × europaea trees in the UK. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72(10), https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005515

Several strains of a previously undescribed bacterial species were isolated from mature Tilia hybrid trees suffering from bleed-ing cankers at various geographic locations in the UK. The strains were Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, and partia... Read More about Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia × moltkei and Tilia × europaea trees in the UK.

Rahnella perminowiae sp. nov., Rahnella bonaserana sp. nov., Rahnella rivi sp. nov. and Rahnella ecdela sp. nov., isolated from diverse environmental sources, and emended description of the genus Rahnella (2022)
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Brady, C., Asselin, J. A., Beer, S., Brurberg, M. B., Crampton, B., Venter, S., …Denman, S. (2022). Rahnella perminowiae sp. nov., Rahnella bonaserana sp. nov., Rahnella rivi sp. nov. and Rahnella ecdela sp. nov., isolated from diverse environmental sources, and emended description of the genus Rahnella. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72(1), https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005190

Bacteria isolated from onion bulbs suffering from bacterial decay in the United States and Norway were previously shown to belong to the genus Rahnella based on partial housekeeping gene sequences and/or fatty acid analysis. However, many strains cou... Read More about Rahnella perminowiae sp. nov., Rahnella bonaserana sp. nov., Rahnella rivi sp. nov. and Rahnella ecdela sp. nov., isolated from diverse environmental sources, and emended description of the genus Rahnella.

Brenneria goodwinii growth in vitro is improved by competitive interactions with other bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline (2021)
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Brady, C., Orsi, M., Doonan, J., Denman, S., & Arnold, D. (2022). Brenneria goodwinii growth in vitro is improved by competitive interactions with other bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 3, Article 100102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100102

Brenneria goodwinii, Rahnella victoriana and Gibbsiella quercinecans are three bacterial species frequently isolated together from oak displaying symptoms of Acute Oak Decline (AOD), which include weeping patches on trunks. All three bacterial specie... Read More about Brenneria goodwinii growth in vitro is improved by competitive interactions with other bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline.

Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria (2020)
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Murray, A. E., Freudenstein, J., Gribaldo, S., Hatzenpichler, R., Hugenholtz, P., Kämpfer, P., …Reysenbach, A. (2020). Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. Nature Microbiology, 5(8), 987-994. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0733-x

The assembly of single-amplified genomes (SAGs) and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) has led to a surge in genome-based discoveries of members affiliated with Archaea and Bacteria, bringing with it a need to develop guidelines for nomenclature of... Read More about Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria.

A grain rot of rice in Iran caused by a Xanthomonas strain closely related to X. sacchari (2020)
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Mirghasempour, S. A., Huang, S., Studholme, D. J., & Brady, C. L. (2020). A grain rot of rice in Iran caused by a Xanthomonas strain closely related to X. sacchari. Plant Disease, 104(6), 1581-1583. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-20-0179-SC

Rice grain rot disease was detected for the first time in Mazandaran Province, Iran. The bacteria isolated from infected rice plants showed grains rotted and darkening. A Xanthomonas strain closely connected to X. sacchari was identified using molecu... Read More about A grain rot of rice in Iran caused by a Xanthomonas strain closely related to X. sacchari.

Pseudomonas kirkiae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from oak in the United Kingdom, and phylogenetic considerations of the genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter and Azomonas (2020)
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Bueno-Gonzalez, V., Brady, C., Denman, S., Allainguillaume, J., & Arnold, D. (2020). Pseudomonas kirkiae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from oak in the United Kingdom, and phylogenetic considerations of the genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter and Azomonas. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70(4), 2426-2434. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004055

As the current episode of Acute Oak Decline (AOD) continues to affect native British oak in the United Kingdom, ongoing isola-tions from symptomatic and healthy oak have yielded a large Pseudomonas species population. These strains could be divided i... Read More about Pseudomonas kirkiae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from oak in the United Kingdom, and phylogenetic considerations of the genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter and Azomonas.

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.

Non-ribosomal phylogenetic exploration of Mollicute species: New insights into haemoplasma taxonomy (2014)
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Hicks, C., Barker, E., Brady, C., Stokes, C., Helps, C., & Tasker, S. (2014). Non-ribosomal phylogenetic exploration of Mollicute species: New insights into haemoplasma taxonomy. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 23, 99-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2014.02.001

Nine species of uncultivable haemoplasmas and several Mycoplasma species were examined by partial sequencing of two protein-encoding housekeeping genes. Partial glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapA) and heat shock protein 70 (dnaK) gene seq... Read More about Non-ribosomal phylogenetic exploration of Mollicute species: New insights into haemoplasma taxonomy.

Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): Proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter (2013)
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Brady, C., Cleenwerck, I., Venter, S., Coutinho, T., & De Vos, P. (2013). Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): Proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 36(5), 309-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2013.03.005

The taxonomy of Enterobacter has a complicated history, with several species transferred to and from this genus. Classification of strains is difficult owing to its polyphyletic nature, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. It has been previously acknowl... Read More about Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): Proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter.

Brenneria goodwinii sp. nov., associated with acute oak decline in the UK (2012)
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Denman, S., Brady, C., Kirk, S., Cleenwerck, I., Venter, S., Coutinho, T., & De Vos, P. (2012). Brenneria goodwinii sp. nov., associated with acute oak decline in the UK. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 62(10), 2451-2456. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.037879-0

A group of nine Gram-negative staining, facultatively anaerobic bacterial strains isolated from native oak trees displaying symptoms of acute oak decline (AOD) in the UK were investigated using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phyl... Read More about Brenneria goodwinii sp. nov., associated with acute oak decline in the UK.

Pectinolytic bacteria associated with potato soft rot and blackleg in South Africa and Zimbabwe (2012)
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Ngadze, E., Brady, C. L., Coutinho, T. A., & van der Waals, J. E. (2012). Pectinolytic bacteria associated with potato soft rot and blackleg in South Africa and Zimbabwe. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 134(3), 533-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-012-0036-z

Soft rot and blackleg can cause severe economic losses in potato production in South Africa and Zimbabwe depending on climatic conditions. The aim of the study was to identify the predominant bacteria causing potato soft rot and blackleg in these cou... Read More about Pectinolytic bacteria associated with potato soft rot and blackleg in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Pantoea rodasii sp. nov., Pantoea rwandensis sp. nov. and Pantoea wallisii sp. nov., isolated from Eucalyptus (2012)
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Brady, C. L., Cleenwerck, I., van der Westhuizen, L., Venter, S. N., Coutinho, T. A., & De Vos, P. (2012). Pantoea rodasii sp. nov., Pantoea rwandensis sp. nov. and Pantoea wallisii sp. nov., isolated from Eucalyptus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 62(7), 1457-1464. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.032615-0

Several Gram-negative-staining, facultatively anaerobic bacterial isolates were obtained from Eucalyptus seedlings showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Colombia, Rwanda and South Africa. Partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing, together with... Read More about Pantoea rodasii sp. nov., Pantoea rwandensis sp. nov. and Pantoea wallisii sp. nov., isolated from Eucalyptus.

Erwinia oleae sp. nov., isolated from olive knots caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (2011)
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Moretti, C., Hosni, T., Vandemeulebroecke, K., Brady, C., de Vos, P., Buonaurio, R., & Cleenwerck, I. (2011). Erwinia oleae sp. nov., isolated from olive knots caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 61(11), 2745-2752. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.026336-0

Three endophytic bacterial isolates were obtained in Italy from olive knots caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi. Phenotypic tests in combination with 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated a phylogenetic position for these isolates in... Read More about Erwinia oleae sp. nov., isolated from olive knots caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi.

Hydrocarbon degradation, plant colonization and gene expression of alkane degradation genes by endophytic Enterobacter ludwigii strains (2011)
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Yousaf, S., Afzal, M., Reichenauer, T. G., Brady, C. L., & Sessitsch, A. (2011). Hydrocarbon degradation, plant colonization and gene expression of alkane degradation genes by endophytic Enterobacter ludwigii strains. Environmental Pollution, 159(10), 2675-2683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.031

The genus Enterobacter comprises a range of beneficial plant-associated bacteria showing plant growth promotion. Enterobacter ludwigii belongs to the Enterobacter cloacae complex and has been reported to include human pathogens but also plant-associa... Read More about Hydrocarbon degradation, plant colonization and gene expression of alkane degradation genes by endophytic Enterobacter ludwigii strains.

Pantoea allii sp. nov., isolated from onion plants and seed (2011)
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Brady, C. L., Goszczynska, T., Venter, S. N., Cleenwerck, I., de Vos, P., Gitaitis, R. D., & Coutinho, T. A. (2011). Pantoea allii sp. nov., isolated from onion plants and seed. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 61(4), 932-937. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.022921-0

Eight yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped, oxidase-negative, motile, facultatively anaerobic bacteria were isolated from onion seed in South Africa and from an onion plant exhibiting centre rot symptoms in the USA. The isolates were assigned... Read More about Pantoea allii sp. nov., isolated from onion plants and seed.

Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline (2010)
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Brady, C., Denman, S., Kirk, S., Venter, S., Rodríguez-Palenzuela, P., & Coutinho, T. (2010). Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 33(8), 444-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2010.08.006

Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterial strains were consistently isolated from oak trees displaying symptoms of extensive stem bleeding. In Britain, this disorder is called Acute Oak Decline (AOD). A similar condition has been noted on spec... Read More about Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline.

A new shoot and stem disease of eucalyptus species caused by Erwinia psidii (2010)
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Coutinho, T. A., Brady, C. L., van der Vaart, M., Venter, S. N., Telechea, N., Rolfo, M., …Wingfield, M. J. (2011). A new shoot and stem disease of eucalyptus species caused by Erwinia psidii. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40(1), 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-010-0013-y

A serious disease of green, actively expanding stems of young Eucalyptus grandis, E. dunnii, E. globulus and E. globulus subsp. maidenii has been observed in plantations in Uruguay and Argentina during the course of the past 10 years. The symptoms of... Read More about A new shoot and stem disease of eucalyptus species caused by Erwinia psidii.

Emended description of the genus Pantoea, description of four species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp. nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998 to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov. (2010)
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Brady, C. L., Cleenwerck, I., Venter, S. N., Engelbeen, K., De Vos, P., & Coutinho, T. A. (2010). Emended description of the genus Pantoea, description of four species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp. nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998 to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60(10), 2430-2440. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.017301-0

Bacterial strains belonging to DNA hybridization groups (HG) II, IV and V, in the Erwinia herbicola-Enterobacter agglomerans complex, of Brenner et al. [Int J Syst Bacteriol 34 (1984), 45-55] were suggested previously to belong to the genus Pantoea,... Read More about Emended description of the genus Pantoea, description of four species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp. nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998 to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov..

Transfer of Pantoea citrea, Pantoea punctata and Pantoea terrea to the genus Tatumella emend. as Tatumella citrea comb. nov., Tatumella punctata comb. nov. and Tatumella terrea comb. nov. and description of Tatumella morbirosei sp. nov. (2010)
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Brady, C. L., Venter, S. N., Cleenwerck, I., Vandemeulebroecke, K., De Vos, P., & Coutinho, T. A. (2010). Transfer of Pantoea citrea, Pantoea punctata and Pantoea terrea to the genus Tatumella emend. as Tatumella citrea comb. nov., Tatumella punctata comb. nov. and Tatumella terrea comb. nov. and description of Tatumella morbirosei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60(3), 484-494. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.012070-0

Pantoea citrea, Pantoea punctata and Pantoea terrea were described for strains isolated from fruit and soil originating in Japan. These three 'Japanese' species have been shown to be phylogenetically distant from other species of the genus Pantoea. I... Read More about Transfer of Pantoea citrea, Pantoea punctata and Pantoea terrea to the genus Tatumella emend. as Tatumella citrea comb. nov., Tatumella punctata comb. nov. and Tatumella terrea comb. nov. and description of Tatumella morbirosei sp. nov..

Isolation of Enterobacter cowanii from Eucalyptus showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Uruguay (2009)
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Brady, C. L., Venter, S. N., Cleenwerck, I., Engelbeen, K., De Vos, P., Wingfield, M. J., …Coutinho, T. A. (2009). Isolation of Enterobacter cowanii from Eucalyptus showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Uruguay. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 49(4), 461-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02692.x

Aims: This study was performed to identify bacterial strains isolated simultaneously with Pantoea species from Eucalyptus trees showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Uruguay. Methods and Results: Several molecular techniques including 1... Read More about Isolation of Enterobacter cowanii from Eucalyptus showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Uruguay.

Pantoea vagans sp. nov., Pantoea eucalypti sp. nov., Pantoea deleyi sp. nov. and Pantoea anthophila sp. nov (2009)
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Brady, C. L., Venter, S. N., Cleenwerck, I., Engelbeen, K., Vancanneyt, M., Swings, J., & Coutinho, T. A. (2009). Pantoea vagans sp. nov., Pantoea eucalypti sp. nov., Pantoea deleyi sp. nov. and Pantoea anthophila sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59(9), 2339-2345. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.009241-0

Bacteria isolated from eucalyptus leaves and shoots showing symptoms of blight and die-back collected in Uganda, Uruguay and Argentina and from maize displaying brown stalk rot symptoms in South Africa were tentatively placed in the genus Pantoea on... Read More about Pantoea vagans sp. nov., Pantoea eucalypti sp. nov., Pantoea deleyi sp. nov. and Pantoea anthophila sp. nov.

Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) (2008)
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Brady, C., Cleenwerck, I., Venter, S., Vancanneyt, M., Swings, J., & Coutinho, T. (2008). Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 31(6-8), 447-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2008.09.004

Species belonging to the genus of Pantoea are commonly isolated from plants, humans and the natural environment. The species of the genus are phenotypically closely related, making rapid identification of Pantoea strains to the species level difficul... Read More about Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA).

A FAFLP system for the improved identification of plant-pathogenic and plant-associated species of the genus Pantoea (2007)
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Brady, C., Venter, S., Cleenwerck, I., Vancanneyt, M., Swings, J., & Coutinho, T. (2007). A FAFLP system for the improved identification of plant-pathogenic and plant-associated species of the genus Pantoea. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 30(5), 413-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2007.01.005

The majority of Pantoea species are either plant-pathogenic or plant-associated and cause a wide variety of symptoms on a range of hosts. Identification of Pantoea species is difficult due to minor differences in phenotypic characteristics between th... Read More about A FAFLP system for the improved identification of plant-pathogenic and plant-associated species of the genus Pantoea.