Species ***Pantoea* *stewartii***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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: pan-TO͡E-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

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16S rRNA gene: Z96080 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. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Pseudomonas stewartii" corrig. Smith 1898	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Erwinia stewartii (Smith 1898) Dye 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Pseudomonas stewarti" Smith 1898	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP QUA". — 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 158 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 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. 🇺🇸

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes Mergaert et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii (Smith 1898) Mergaert et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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Species Pantoea stewartii

Species ***Pantoea* *stewartii***