Name: Pectobacterium cacticida corrig. (Alcorn et al. 1991) Hauben et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Erwinia cacticida Alcorn et al. 1991

Etymology: cac.ti.ci’da. L. masc. n. cactus, a prickly plant with edible stalks, a cactus; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. cacticida, a killer of cactus (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kak-ti-KI-da, neuter

Type strain: 1-12; ATCC 49481; CFBP 3628; CIP 105191; DSM 21821; Dye EH-3; ICMP 11136; ICMP 1551-66; ICPB EC186; LMG 17936; NCPPB 3849

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ223409 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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erwinia cacticida Alcorn et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Alcorniella cacticida" (Alcorn et al. 1991) Jonca et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pectobacterium cacticidum (Alcorn et al. 1991) Hauben et al. 1999	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP". — 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 2 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, cacticidum (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Pectobacterium 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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