bacterial necrosis of giant cactus (Erwinia carnegieana ) on saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea )

bacterial necrosis of giant cactus
Erwinia carnegieana Standring

Host: saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose)
Descriptor: Symptoms
Description: "fountain" of ribs remaining after soft rot of most of core; published in article by L.S. Gill (1942) in Natural History. photo date 4/1942
Image type: Field
Image location: Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, United States

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Name: C.W. Herbert
Organization: USDA Forest Service
Country: United States

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Subject: bacterial necrosis of giant cactus
Genus: Erwinia
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Order: Enterobacteriales
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Photographer: C.W. Herbert
Organization: USDA Forest Service
Area: Forestry - Understory and Rangeland Plants

Image Number: 1473206

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Image uploaded on Friday, October 13, 2006
Image Information last updated on Tuesday, October 09, 2007