Pseudomonas marginalis is a soil bacterium that can cause soft rots of plant tissues.Smith, Dunez, Lelliot, Phillips and Archer (1988) European Handbook of Plant Disease. Blackwell Scientific Publications. It infects poinsettia, lettuce, and crucifers (canola, mustard).
Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. marginalis has been placed in the P. fluorescens group.
References
External links Type strain of Pseudomonas marginalis at BacDive – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase