pseudomonas mediterranea pseudomonas mediterranea pseudomonas mediterranea is a bacterium, similar to p. corrugata, that causes tomato pith necrosis. for the phylogenetic analysis of p. corrugata and its closely related phytopathogenic bacterium pseudomonas mediterranea refer to trantas et al. 2015. pseudomonas mediterranea scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: pseudomonadales family: pseudomonadaceae genus: pseudomonas species: p. mediterranea binomial name pseudomonas mediterraneacatara, et al. 2002 type strain cfbp 5447 icmp 14184