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Fire blight
Fire blight, also written fireblight, is a contagious disease affecting apples, pears, and some other members of the family Rosaceae. It is a serious concern to apple and pear producers. Under optimal conditions, it can destroy an entire orchard... Wikipedia
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Domain: Bacteria
Family: Erwiniaceae
Genus: Erwinia
Order: Enterobacterales
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Species: E. amylovora
The enterobacterium Erwinia amylovora is a devastating plant pathogen causing necrotrophic fire blight disease of apple, pear, and other rosaceous plants.