Subspecies Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum

Name: Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Jones 1901) Hauben et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Bacillus carotovorus" Jones 1901

Etymology: ca.ro.to’vo.rum. L. fem. n. carota, carrot; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. neut. adj. carotovorum, carrot-devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pek-to-bak-TE-ri-um ka-ro-TO-wo-rum ka-ro-TO-wo-rum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15713; CFBP 2046; CIP 82.83; DSM 30168; HAMBI 1429; ICMP 5702; LMG 2404; NCAIM B.01109; NCPPB 312; VKM B-1247

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Effective publication: Hauben L, Moore ER, Vauterin L, Steenackers M, Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Swings J. Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:384-397. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones 1901) Dye 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Gardan et al. 2003 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.

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. atrosepticum (van Hall 1902) Hauben et al. 1999 according to rule 40d. Publication: Hauben L, Moore ER, Vauterin L, Steenackers M, Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Swings J. Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:384-397. 🇧🇪
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. betavasculorum (Thomson et al. 1984) Hauben et al. 1999 according to rule 40d. Publication: Hauben L, Moore ER, Vauterin L, Steenackers M, Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Swings J. Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:384-397. 🇧🇪
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. odoriferum (Gallois et al. 1992) Hauben et al. 1999 according to rule 40d. Publication: Hauben L, Moore ER, Vauterin L, Steenackers M, Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Swings J. Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:384-397. 🇧🇪
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. wasabiae (Goto and Matsumoto 1987) Hauben et al. 1999 according to rule 40d. Publication: Hauben L, Moore ER, Vauterin L, Steenackers M, Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Swings J. Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:384-397. 🇧🇪
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Pectobacterium carotovorum within a separate genus Pectobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Pectobacterium carotovorum (Jones 1901) Waldee 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hauben L, Moore ER, Vauterin L, Steenackers M, Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Swings J. Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:384-397. 🇧🇪

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