Name: Pantoea ananas (Serrano 1928) Mergaert et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Erwinia ananas Serrano 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

Valid 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.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Pantoea ananatis corrig. (Serrano 1928) Mergaert et al. 1993

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pantoea ananatis corrig. (Serrano 1928) Mergaert et al. 1993	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Erwinia ananatis corrig. Serrano 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Erwinia ananas Serrano 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Xanthomonas uredovorus" Pon et al. 1954	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    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 epithet of this taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "ununus".

Parent taxon: Pantoea Gavini et al. 1989

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 784563