Pseudomonas amygdali pv. aesculi Müll. Arg., 1891
(Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Forma specialisPseudomonas amygdali pv. aesculi (Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker - causative organism)
GenusPseudomonas (pseudomonads)
FamilyPSEUDOMONADACEAE (pseudomonad bacteria)
OrderPSEUDOMONADALES (an order of Protoebacteria)
ClassGAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA (gamma proteobacteria)
PhylumPROTEOBACTERIA (proteobacteria)
DomainBacteria (bacteria, mitochondria, blue-green algae)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pseudomonas amygdali pv. aesculi (Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker - causative organism) :
1: Pseudomonas amygdali pv. aesculi (Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker - causative organism)
13 Sep 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Bleeding Canker on Horse Chestnut
Image 1: Bleeding cankers - close-upImage 2: Cracks in infected trunkImage 3: Cracks in infected trunk (2)Image 4: Dying foliage - close-upImage 5: Infected foliageImage 6: Infected treeImage 7: Infected tree (2)Image 8: Infected tree - dying foliageImage 9: Infected trunkImage 10: Infected trunk (2)Image 11: Infected trunk (3)Image 12: Infected trunk (4)Image 13: Infected trunk - close-upImage 14: Infected trunk - close-up (2)Image 15: Infected trunk - close-up (3)Image 16: Lesion - close-up

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2008 Bacterial bleeding canker of horse chestnut Plant Clinic News May 08: 2.
Forest Research 2008 Path News Issue 17: September 2008
Forestry Commission 2008 Bleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut - questions & answers
Webber, J.F., et al. 2007 Isolation and identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi causing bleeding canker of horse chestnut in the UK New Disease Reports 15.

Pseudomonas amygdali pv. aesculi (Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pseudomonas amygdali pv. aesculi (Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker - causative organism)
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