''Pectobacterium'' is a

bacterial Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

genus of the family

Pectobacteriaceae The ''Pectobacteriaceae'' are a family of Gram-negative bacteria which largely consist of plant pathogens. This family is a member of the order Enterobacterales in the class Gammaproteobacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota. The type species of th ...

; it used to be a member of the genus ''

Erwinia ''Erwinia'' is a genus of Enterobacterales bacteria containing mostly plant pathogenic species which was named for the famous plant pathologist, Erwin Frink Smith. It contains Gram-negative bacteria related to ''Escherichia coli'', ''Shigella'', ...

'', which was split into three genera: ''Erwinia'', ''Pectobacterium'', and '' Brenneria''.

Species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

include ''

Pectobacterium carotovorum ''Pectobacterium carotovorum'' is a bacterium of the family Pectobacteriaceae; it used to be a member of the genus '' Erwinia''. The species is a plant pathogen with a diverse host range, including many agriculturally and scientifically impo ...

''.

References

External links

Pectobacterium page on LPSN
Bacteria genera Enterobacterales {{gammaproteobacteria-stub