Name: Erwinia cancerogena Urosevic 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: can.ce.ro.ge.na. L. masc. n. cancer (gen. cancri), crab, the disease cancer; N.L. adj. suff. -genus -gena -genum, producing; from L. v. gigno, to produce, give birth to, beget; N.L. fem. adj. cancerogena, cancer-inducing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33241; CCUG 25231; CFBP 4167; CIP 103787; DSM 17580; ICMP 5706; LMG 2693; NCPPB 2176

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z96078 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Urosevic B. Canker of poplar caused by Erwinia cancerogena n. sp. Lesnicky casopsis 1966; 12:493-505.

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

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Enterobacter cancerogenus (Urosevic 1966) Dickey and Zumoff 1988

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Enterobacter cancerogenus (Urosevic 1966) Dickey and Zumoff 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Enterobacter taylorae Farmer et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Schoenheyder et al. (1994), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Enterobacter taylorae Farmer et al. 1985. Publication: Schonheyder HC, Jensen KT, Frederiksen W. Taxonomic notes: synonymy of Enterobacter cancerogenus (Urosevic 1966) Dickey and Zumoff 1988 and Enterobacter taylorae Farmer et al. 1985 and resolution of an ambiguity in the biochemical profile. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:586-587.
  • ❗ Erwinia cancerogena is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Erwinia.
  • 😷 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 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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: Urosevic B. Canker of poplar caused by Erwinia cancerogena n. sp. Lesnicky casopsis 1966; 12:493-505.

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Record number: 783792