Causal bacterium

Thaning C, Welch CJ, Borowicz JJ, Hedman R, Gerhardson B (2001) Suppression of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Apothecial Formation by the Soil Bacterium Serratia plymuthica Identification of a Chlorinated Macrolide as One of the Causal Agents. Soil Biol Biochem 33 1817... 

The disease known as hot-tub dermatitis can be caused by bathing in redwood Sequoia sp.) tubs. The disease is caused by a bacterium Pseudomonas sp.) that enters via hair follicles (180), and it is probably not related in any causal way to the use of redwood. 

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