- Source: Dickeya
Dickeya is a genus of the family Pectobacteriaceae that consists mainly of pathogens from herbaceous plants. Dickeya is the result of the reclassification of 75 strains of Pectobacterium chrysanthemi, as well as Brenneria paradisiaca CFBP 4178, into a new genus. The genus is named for American phytopathologist Robert S. Dickey. Several species in this genus, such as Dickeya dadantii, are known phytopathogens.
Species now placed here include:
Dickeya aquatica
Dickeya chrysanthemi
Dickeya dadantii subsp. dadantii
Dickeya dadantii subsp. dianthicola
Dickeya fangzhongdai
Dickeya lacustris
Dickeya oryzae
Dickeya paradisiaca
Dickeya parazeae
Dickeya poaceiphila
Dickeya solani
Dickeya undicola
Dickeya zeae
References
External links
Data related to Dickeya at Wikispecies
Media related to Dickeya at Wikimedia Commons
NCBI Taxonomy
Genus Dickeya at LPSN