Pectobacterium atrosepticum

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Pectobacterium

| species = atrosepticum

| authority = (van Hall, 1902) Gardan et al., 2003

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Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a species of bacterium. It is a plant pathogen causing blackleg of potato.{{cite journal | last1 = Kröner | first1 = Alexander |display-authors=etal | year = 2011 | title = Quantitative resistance of potato to Pectobacterium atrosepticum and Phytophthora infestans: integrating PAMP-triggered response and pathogen growth | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 6 | issue = 8| page = e23331 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0023331| pmid = 21853112 | pmc = 3154927 | bibcode = 2011PLoSO...623331K | citeseerx = 10.1.1.289.7419 | doi-access = free }} Its type strain is CFBP 1526^T (=LMG 2386^T =NCPPB 549^T =[https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/ICMP_1526 ICMP 1526^T]).{{cite journal|last1=Gardan|first1=L.|title=Elevation of three subspecies of Pectobacterium carotovorum to species level: Pectobacterium atrosepticum sp. nov., Pectobacterium betavasculorum sp. nov. and Pectobacterium wasabiae sp. nov.|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=53|issue=2|year=2003|pages=381–391|issn=1466-5026|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02423-0|pmid=12710602|doi-access=free}} Its genome has been sequenced.{{cite journal|last1=Kwasiborski|first1=A.|last2=Mondy|first2=S.|last3=Beury-Cirou|first3=A.|last4=Faure|first4=D.|title=Genome Sequence of the Pectobacterium atrosepticum Strain CFBP6276, Causing Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases on Potato Plants and Tubers|journal=Genome Announcements|volume=1|issue=3|year=2013|pages=e00374-13–e00374-13|issn=2169-8287|doi=10.1128/genomeA.00374-13|pmid=23788545|pmc=3707594}}