Genus "Erwinia"

Name: "Erwinia" Winslow et al. 1917

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Erwini-), er-WI-ni-a

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:505-566.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Entomohabitans Lee et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Brwinia"; "Eiwina"; "Eiwinia"; "Elwinia"; "Emwinia"; "Ennrinia"; "Envinia"; "Erbtjinia"; "Erioinia"; "Erivinia"; "Erminia"; "Errvinia"; "Ersinia"; "Eruinia"; "Ervinia"; "Erwihia"; "Erwima"; "Erwimna"; "Erwina"; "Erwiniia"; "Erwinina"; "Erwinirl"; "Erwinja"; "Erwinla"; "Erwinnia"; "Erwinta"; "Erwiriia"; "Erwitiia"; "Erwiuia"; "Erwmia"; "Erwnia"; "Erwvinia"; "Etwinia"; "Ewinia"; "Frwinia"; "Hrwinia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; ATCC: 2; ICMP: 2; NCPPB: 2; CIP: 2; LMG: 1; CCTCC: 1; CCUG: 1; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Erwinia beijingensis" Xu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia cassavae" Breed et al. 1948	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia citreus" Schrimsher et al. 1988	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia dieffenbachiae" McFadden 1961	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia futululu" Yang et al. 2002	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia horticola" Bel'tiukova et al. 1972	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia mediterraneensis" Ndiaye et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia nimipressuralis" Carter 1945	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Erwinia nulandii" Schuster et al. 1981	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia plantamica" Egorshina et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia proteamaculans" (Paine and Stansfield 1919) Dye 1966	not validly published	synonym
    "Erwinia pyri" He et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia soli" Papalexandratou et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia sorbitola" Tao et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia taxi" Bicamumpaka and Page 1998	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia teranera" Yang et al. 2002	not validly published	preferred name
    "Erwinia wuhanensis" Zhang et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Erwiniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599. 🇨🇦

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