Brenneria
# Brenneria

Brenneria is a genus of Pectobacteriaceae, containing mostly pathogens of woody plants. This genus is named after the microbiologist Don J. Brenner.

Some members of this genus were formerly placed in Erwinia.

## Species

Species now placed in Brenneria include:

* Brenneria alni
* Brenneria corticis
* Brenneria goodwinii
* Brenneria nigrifluens
* Brenneria populi
* Brenneria roseae
   * subsp. americana
   * subsp. roseae
* Brenneria rubrifaciens
* Brenneria salicis

## Plant disease

### Plant diseases and host

Brenneria rubrifaciens (deep bark canker) - Walnut (Juglans regia)

Brenneria goodwinii (Acute Oak Decline) - Oak (Quercus robur)

Brenneria salicis (Watermark disease) - Willow (Salix spp.)

Brenneria alni (bark canker) - Alder (Alnus spp.)

Brenneria nigrifluens (shallow bark canker) - Walnut (Juglans regia)

Brenneria populi (bark canker) - Poplar (Populus x euramericana)

Brenneria corticis (bark canker) - Poplar (Populus x euramericana)

Brenneria roseae subsp. roseae - possibly involved in Acute Oak Decline in the UK - Oak (Quercus cerris)

Brenneria roseae subsp. americana - possibly involved in Acute Oak Decline in the USA - Oak (Quercus kelloggii)

