Name: Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. odoriferum (Gallois et al. 1992) Hauben et al. 1999

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Erwinia carotovora subsp. odorifera Gallois et al. 1992

Etymology: o.do.ri’fe.rum. L. adj. odorifer -era -erum, bringing or spreading odors, fragrant, odoriferous; L. neut. adj. odoriferum, fragrant

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CFBP 1878; CIP 103762; DSM 22556; ICMP 11533; LMG 17566; LMG 5863; NCPPB 3839

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ223407 Analyse FASTA

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

Correct name: Pectobacterium odoriferum (Gallois et al. 1992) Portier et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pectobacterium odoriferum (Gallois et al. 1992) Portier et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Erwinia carotovora subsp. odorifera Gallois et al. 1992	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:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. odoriferum 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p".

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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