Name: Erwinia ananas Serrano 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33244; CFBP 3612; CIP 105207; DSM 17873; ICPB EA175; LMG 2665; NCPPB 1846; PDDCC 1850

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16S rRNA gene: Z96081 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Serrano FB. Bacterial fruitlet brownrot of pineapple in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 1928; 36:271-305.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Erwinia ananatis corrig. Serrano 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pantoea ananatis corrig. (Serrano 1928) Mergaert et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Erwinia ananatis corrig. Serrano 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    "Xanthomonas uredovorus" Pon et al. 1954	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Pantoea ananas (Serrano 1928) Mergaert et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Erwinia uredovora (Pon et al. 1954) Dye 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Mergaert et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Xanthomonas uredovorus" Pon et al. 1954. Publication: Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Kersters K. Transfer of Erwinia ananas (synonym, Erwinia uredovora) and Erwinia stewartii to the genus Pantoea emend. as Pantoea ananas (Serrano 1928) comb. nov. and Pantoea stewartii (Smith 1898) comb. nov., respectively, and description of Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:162-173.
  • ⏰ According to Mergaert et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Erwinia uredovora (Pon et al. 1954) Dye 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Kersters K. Transfer of Erwinia ananas (synonym, Erwinia uredovora) and Erwinia stewartii to the genus Pantoea emend. as Pantoea ananas (Serrano 1928) comb. nov. and Pantoea stewartii (Smith 1898) comb. nov., respectively, and description of Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:162-173.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.

Parent taxon: Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Serrano FB. Bacterial fruitlet brownrot of pineapple in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 1928; 36:271-305.

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