Pseudomonas marginalis

Pseudomonas marginalis is a soil bacterium that can cause soft rots of plant tissues.^[3] It infects poinsettia, lettuce, and crucifers (canola, mustard).

Pseudomonas marginalis
Chicory infected with Pseudomonas marginalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae
Genus:	Pseudomonas
Species:	P. marginalis
Binomial name
Pseudomonas marginalis (Brown 1918) Stevens 1925
Type strain
ATCC 10844 CFBP 1387 CIP 106712 DSM 13124 ICMP 3553 LMG 2215 NCPPB 667
Pathovars
P. m. pv. alfalfae P. m. pv. marginalis P. m. pv. pastinacae
Synonyms
Bacterium marginale Brown 1918 Pseudomonas panacis[1][2]

Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. marginalis has been placed in the P. fluorescens group.^[4]