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Erwinia ananas
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| Description | E r w i n i a a n a n a s k n o w n a s a P a n t o e a a n a n a t i s . E r w i n i a a n a n a s i s S h o r t r o d s , 0 . 6 t o 0 . 9 m i c r o n s , w i t h r o u n d e d e n d s , o c c u r r i n g s i n g l y , i n p a i r s a n d i n s h o r t c h a i n s . M o t i l e b y m e a n s o f p e r i - t r i c h o u s f l a g e l l a . E n c a p s u l a t e d . G r a m - N e g a t i v e . |
| Synonyms | Pantoea ananatis corrig.(Serrano 1928) Mergaert et al. 1993; Xanthomonas uredovorus; Pectobacterium ananas; Pantoea ananas;; Erwinia uredovora; Erwinia herbicola var. ananas; Erwinia ananus; Erwinia ananatis; Erwinia ananas; Bacterium ananas; Bacillus ananas. |
| Habitat/Source | It can be isolated from the pineapple and sugar cane .It causes a brown rot of the fruit-pineapple. |
| Pathogenicity | It is an emerging plant pathogen which causes disease on a broad range of plant hosts including maize, onion, rice, pineapple, melons and Eucalyptus. It has also been implicated in cases of bacteremia in humans. |
| GenBank Accession | View Genome [NC_016816.1] |
| Size(Mb) | 4.90814 |
| GC% | 53.28 |
| Genes | 4524 |
| CDS | 4345 |
| Reference | (1) Mergaert, J., Verdonck, L., and Kersters, K. "Transfer of Erwinia ananas (synonym, Erwinia uredovora) and Erwinia stewartii to the genus Pantoea emend. as Pantoea ananas (Serrano 1928) comb. nov. and Pantoea stewartii (Smith 1898) comb. nov., respectively, and description of Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes subsp. nov." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43:162-173. (2) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th Edition,p.207,Table 5.2).Edited by John G. Holt,The Williams & Wilkins Co.. |