Pectobacterium
{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
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| image = Slime flux on Camperdown elm.png
| image_caption = Slime flux on a Camperdown Elm caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum
| taxon = Pectobacterium
| authority = Hauben et al. 1998
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Pectobacterium aroidearum
}}
Pectobacterium is a bacterial genus of the family Pectobacteriaceae; it used to be a member of the genus Erwinia, which was split into three genera: Erwinia, Pectobacterium, and Brenneria.{{cite journal|last=Toth|first=Ian K.|author2=Bell, Kenneth S. |author3=Holeva, Maria C. |author4=Birch, Paul R. J. |title=Soft rot erwiniae: from genes to genomes|journal=Molecular Plant Pathology|date=1 January 2003|volume=4|issue=1|pages=17–30|doi=10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00149.x |pmid=20569359}}
Species include Pectobacterium carotovorum.
==References==
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External links
- [https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pectobacterium Pectobacterium page on LPSN]
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