Pseudescherichia is a Gram-negative genus of non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic rod-shaped bacteria from the family Enterobacteriaceae.[1] Based on conserved signature indels (CSIs) differentiating it from other members of this family, this genus and its sole species P. vulneris were divided from Escherichia, the genus of E. coli, in 2017.[1]

Pseudescherichia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Pseudescherichia
Alnajar and Gupta, 2017
Type species
Pseudescherichia vulneris
(Brenner et al. 1983) Alnajar and Gupta, 2017

A November 2022 preprint article has identified another member species from a Oryza sativa rice seedling growing in Arkansas, proposing the name P. oryzae.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Alnajar, Seema; Gupta, Radhey S. (2017-10-01). "Phylogenomics and comparative genomic studies delineate six main clades within the family Enterobacteriaceae and support the reclassification of several polyphyletic members of the family". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 54: 108–127. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2017.06.024. ISSN 1567-1348. PMID 28658607.
  2. ^ Seaton, Sarah; Auker, Emily; Connolly, Allison; Tesfaye, Mekdem; Inderbitzin, Patrik; Barnett, Stephen J.; Franco, Christopher M. M.; Trujillo, Martha E. (2022-11-02). "Paenibacillus glycinicola sp. nov., Paenibacillus triticicola sp. nov., Pseudescherichia oryzae sp. nov., Pseudomonas gossypii sp. nov., and Tardiphaga zeae sp. nov., five novel bacterial species from agricultural crops". bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2022.11.02.514884. S2CID 253268780.