Pectobacterium is a bacterial genus of the family Pectobacteriaceae; it used to be a member of the genus Erwinia, which was split into three genera: Erwinia, Pectobacterium, and Brenneria.[1]

Pectobacterium
Slime flux on a Camperdown Elm caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Pectobacteriaceae
Genus: Pectobacterium
Hauben et al. 1998
Species

Pectobacterium aroidearum
Pectobacterium atrosepticum
Pectobacterium betavasculorum
Pectobacterium cacticida
Pectobacterium carnegieana
Pectobacterium carotovorum
Pectobacterium cypripedii
Pectobacterium rhapontici
Pectobacterium wasabiae

Species include Pectobacterium carotovorum.

References edit

  1. ^ Toth, Ian K.; Bell, Kenneth S.; Holeva, Maria C.; Birch, Paul R. J. (1 January 2003). "Soft rot erwiniae: from genes to genomes". Molecular Plant Pathology. 4 (1): 17–30. doi:10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00149.x. PMID 20569359.

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