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Name: Pectobacterium punjabense Sarfraz et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pun.ja.ben’se. N.L. neut. adj. punjabense, pertaining to Punjab, the province where the type strain SS95T was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pek-to-bak-TE-ri-um pun-ja-BEN-se, neuter

Type strain: CFBP 8604; LMG 30622; SS95

16S rRNA gene: MH249622 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Sarfraz S, Riaz K, Oulghazi S, Cigna J, Sahi ST, Khan SH, Faure D. Pectobacterium punjabense sp. nov., isolated from blackleg symptoms of potato plants in Pakistan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3551-3556. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:297-298.

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 = "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 10 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pectobacterium Waldee 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sarfraz S, Riaz K, Oulghazi S, Cigna J, Sahi ST, Khan SH, Faure D. Pectobacterium punjabense sp. nov., isolated from blackleg symptoms of potato plants in Pakistan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3551-3556. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 797954