{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Distinguish|text=Rhizobacteria - a general term for bacteria that live on plant roots}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Rhizobacter | authority = Goto and Kuwata 1988<ref name=type>{{cite journal | vauthors = Goto M, ((Kuwata H.)) | title = ''Rhizobacter daucus'' gen. nov., sp. nov., the causal agent of carrot bacterial gall | journal = Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. | year = 1988 | volume = 38 | issue = 3 | pages = 233–239 | doi = 10.1099/00207713-38-3-233| doi-access = free }}</ref> | type_species = ''Rhizobacter dauci'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name="LPSN">{{cite web | vauthors = Euzéby JP, Parte AC | url = https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/rhizobacter | title = ''Rhizobacter'' | access-date = March 10, 2022 | publisher = List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}</ref> | subdivision = * ''Rhizobacter bergeniae'' <small>Wei et al. 2015</small> * ''Rhizobacter dauci'' <small>corrig. Goto and Kuwata 1988</small> <!-- Rhizobacter daucus is a misspelling of Rhizobacter dauci. --> * ''Rhizobacter fulvus'' <small>(Yoon et al. 2007) Stackebrandt et al. 2009</small> * ''Rhizobacter gummiphilus'' <small>Imai et al. 2016</small> * ''Rhizobacter profundi'' <small>Jin et al. 2016</small> | synonyms = }}
'''''Rhizobacter''''' is a bacterial genus from the class ''Gammaaproteobacteria'' order ''Pseudomonadales''. It is a plant pathogenic bacterium and, like a few other phytopathogenic bacteria, produces tumors in infected plants.<ref>Caballo-Ponce E, Murillo J, Martínez-Gil M, Moreno-Pérez A, Pintado A and Ramos C (2017) Knots Untie: Molecular Determinants Involved in Knot Formation Induced by ''Pseudomonas savastanoi'' in Woody Hosts. Front. Plant Sci. 8:1089. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01089</ref> It appears to have an extremely wide host range, producing tumors (galls) on the roots, stems and tubers of at least 46 species of plants from 24 families, which includes many economically important species such as tomato (''Solanum lycopersicum'') and cabbage (''Brassica oleracea'').<ref>Kawarazaki, H., Goto, M., Kato, K., Kijima, T., Kawada, H., Yamamoto, K., et al. (2009). Identification of a bacterium isolated from galls on carrot and weeds. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 75, 235–240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-009-0160-6</ref><ref>Kawarazaki, H., Goto, M., Kato, K., Kijima, T., and Takikawa, Y. (2012). Isolation and plant host range of ''Rhizobacter dauci'', causal agent of carrot bacterial gall. Jpn. J. Phytopathol. 78, 293–300. https://doi.org/10.3186/jjphytopath.78.293</ref> The type species, ''Rhizobacter dauci'' was first identified causing carrot bacterial gall in Japan and was described in 1988.<ref name=type/>
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Category:Pseudomonadales Category:Bacteria genera Category:Bacterial plant pathogens and diseases
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