| Pseudomonas amygdali | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pseudomonadales |
| Family: | Pseudomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudomonas |
| Species: | P. amygdali |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomonas amygdali Psallidas and Panagopoulos 1975 | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 33614 CCUG 32770 Contents | |
| Pathovars | |
P. a. pv. aesculi | |
Pseudomonas amygdali is a Gram-negative plant pathogenic bacterium. [1] It is named after its ability to cause disease on almond ( Prunus amygdalus ) trees. Different analyses, including 16S rRNA analysis, [2] DNA-DNA hybridization, [3] and MLST [4] [5] [6] [7] clearly placed P. amygdali in the P. syringae group together with the species Pseudomonas ficuserectae and Pseudomonas meliae , and 27 pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae / Pseudomonas savastanoi , constituting a single, well-defined phylogenetic group which should be considered as a single species. This phylogenetic group has not been formally named because of the lack of reliable means to differentiate it phenotypically from closely related species, [3] and it is currently known as either genomospecies 2 [3] or phylogroup 3. [4] [5] [8] When it is formally named, the correct name for this new species should be Pseudomonas amygdali, [3] which takes precedence over all the other names of taxa from this group, including Pseudomonas savastanoi , which is and inadequate and confusing name whose use is not recommended . [3] [9]
