Species Erwinia stewartii

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Gammaproteobacteria Enterobacterales Erwiniaceae Erwinia Erwinia stewartii

Name: Erwinia stewartii (Smith 1898) Dye 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Pseudomonas stewarti" Smith 1898

Etymology: ste.war’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. stewartii, of Stewart, named after F.C. Stewart

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: er-WI-ni-a ste-WAR-ti-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 8199; CFBP 2349; CFBP 3167; CIP 104005; DSM 30176; ICMP 257; ICPB SS11; IMET 11187; LMG 2715; NCPPB 2295; NRRL B-794

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z96080 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dye DW. The taxonomic position of Xanthomonas stewartii (Erw. Smith, 1914) Dowson 1939. New Zealand Journal of Science 1963; 6:495-506.

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: Pantoea stewartii (Smith 1898) Mergaert et al. 1993

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Pseudomonas stewartii" corrig. Smith 1898	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Pseudomonas stewarti" Smith 1898	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Pantoea stewartii (Smith 1898) Mergaert et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Erwinia stewartii 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP QUA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2". — 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 43 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. 🇺🇸

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

Assigned by: Dye DW. The taxonomic position of Xanthomonas stewartii (Erw. Smith, 1914) Dowson 1939. New Zealand Journal of Science 1963; 6:495-506.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.776032Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 776032

Rate our new design

Species Erwinia stewartii

Not found what you were looking for?

Get help

Contribute

Follow

Participate

Monitor

Rate our new design

Browse by rank

Species Erwinia stewartii

Not found what you were looking for?

Get help

Contribute

Follow

Participate

Monitor

Support LPSN