Name: Pectobacterium parmentieri Khayi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par.men.tie’ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. parmentieri, of Antoine Augustin Parmentier (1737- 1813), a pharmacist who promoted use of the tuber of the potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe

Pronunciation, gender: par-men-TIE-ri, neuter

Type strain: CFBP 8475; LMG 29774; RNS 08-42-1A

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16S rRNA gene: CP015749 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khayi S, Cigna J, Chong TM, Quetu-Laurent A, Chan KG, Helias V, Faure D. Transfer of the potato plant isolates of Pectobacterium wasabiae to Pectobacterium parmentieri sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5379-5383.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

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 27 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Pectobacterium wasabiae (Goto and Matsumoto 1987) Gardan et al. 2003. 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. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Pectobacterium Waldee 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Khayi S, Cigna J, Chong TM, Quetu-Laurent A, Chan KG, Helias V, Faure D. Transfer of the potato plant isolates of Pectobacterium wasabiae to Pectobacterium parmentieri sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5379-5383.

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Record number: 794959