Name: Pectobacterium aroidearum Nabhan et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ro.i.de.a’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. aroidearum, of the subfamily Aroideae (arum family) of Araceae, a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 27693; ICMP 1522; LMG 2417; NCPPB 929; SCRI 109

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16S rRNA gene: JN600323 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nabhan S, De Boer SH, Maiss E, Wydra K. Pectobacterium aroidearum sp. nov., a soft rot pathogen with preference for monocotyledonous plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2520-2525.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p". — 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 24 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Gardan et al. 2003, Pectobacterium atrosepticum (van Hall 1902) Gardan et al. 2003, comb. nov. is cited as Pectobacterium atrosepticum (van Hall 1902) Hauben et al. 1999, sp. nov. Publication: Gardan L, Gouy C, Christen R, Samson R. Elevation of three subspecies of Pectobacterium carotovorum to species level: Pectobacterium atrosepticum sp. nov., Pectobacterium betavasculorum sp. nov. and Pectobacterium wasabiae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:381-391.

Parent taxon: Pectobacterium Waldee 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nabhan S, De Boer SH, Maiss E, Wydra K. Pectobacterium aroidearum sp. nov., a soft rot pathogen with preference for monocotyledonous plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2520-2525.

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Record number: 790936