Species ***Pantoea* *conspicua***

Name: Pantoea conspicua Brady et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.spi’cu.a. L. fem. adj. conspicua, conspicuous, referring to the conspicuous separation from other strains within DNA HG V

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pan-TO͡E-a kon-SPI-ku-a, feminine

Type strain: BD 805; CDC 3527; CDC 3527-71; DSM 24241; LMG 24534

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU216737 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Venter SN, Engelbeen K, De Vos P, Coutinho TA. Emended description of the genus Pantoea, description of four species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp. nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998 to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2430-2440. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:4-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Pantoea conspicua Brady et al. 2010 was previously known as Brenner’s DNA hybridization groups V (HG V), strain LMG 24534. Publication: Brenner DJ, Fanning GR, Leete Knutson JK, Steigerwalt AG, Krichevsky MI. Attempts to classify Herbicola Group-Enterobacter agglomerans strains by deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization and phenotypic tests. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:45-55. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Pantoea Gavini et al. 1989

Assigned by: Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Venter SN, Engelbeen K, De Vos P, Coutinho TA. Emended description of the genus Pantoea, description of four species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp. nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998 to the genus as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2430-2440. 🇿🇦

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Species ***Pantoea* *conspicua***