Species Erwinia carnegieana

Name: Erwinia carnegieana Standring 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: car.ne.gie.a’na. N.L. fem. adj. carnegieana, of Carnegiea, the generic name of a cactus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: er-WI-ni-a kar-ne-gie-A-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33259; NCPPB 439

Effective publication: Lightle PC, Standring ET, Brown JG. A bacterial necrosis of the giant cactus. Phytopathology 1942; 32:303-313.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pectobacterium carnegieanum corrig. (Standring 1942) Brenner et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pectobacterium carnegieanum corrig. (Standring 1942) Brenner et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pectobacterium carnegieana (Standring 1942) Brenner et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Erwinia carnegieana 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 authority of the taxon name (Standring) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Lightle et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 Nom. dub., Opinion IJSB 38:133. Publication: Alcorn SM, Orum TV. Request for an opinion. Rejection of the names Erwinia carnegieana Standring 1942 and Pectobacterium carnegieana (Standring 1942) Brenner, Steigerwalt, Miklos and Fanning 1973. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:132-134.
  • 🧍 In a request for an opinion, S.M. Alcorn and V.T. Orum [1] presented evidence that the type strain of Erwinia carnegieana (syn. Pectobacterium carnegieana) is a contaminant and that no culture corresponds to the description attached to this name and requested that both of these species names be rejected as nomen dubium. Publication: Alcorn SM, Orum TV. Request for an opinion. Rejection of the names Erwinia carnegieana Standring 1942 and Pectobacterium carnegieana (Standring 1942) Brenner, Steigerwalt, Miklos and Fanning 1973. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:132-134.
  • 🧍 In a request for an opinion, S.M. Alcorn and V.T. Orum [1] presented evidence that the type strain of Erwinia carnegieana (syn. Pectobacterium carnegieana) is a contaminant and that no culture corresponds to the description attached to this name and requested that both of these species names be rejected as nomen dubium. The Judicial Commission [2, 3] concluded that the species will simply disappear from use without the need to place the names on the list of nomina rejicienda.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published between January 1985 and July 1993. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:177-178.

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

Assigned by: Lightle PC, Standring ET, Brown JG. A bacterial necrosis of the giant cactus. Phytopathology 1942; 32:303-313.

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Record number: 783793