Pectobacterium wasabiae

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| taxon = Pectobacterium wasabiae

| authority = Gardan et al. 2003

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Pectobacterium wasabiae is a plant pathogenic bacterium that was first reported to cause disease on wasabi plants. A closely related species, yet to be formally named, also causes disease on potato. Unlike most Pectobacterium, P. wasabiae strains lack a type III secretion system.{{cite journal|last1=Kim|first1=H.-S.|last2=Ma|first2=B.|last3=Perna|first3=N. T.|last4=Charkowski|first4=A. O.|author-link4=Amy O. Charkowski|year=2009|title=Phylogeny and Virulence of Naturally Occurring Type III Secretion System-Deficient Pectobacterium Strains|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|volume=75|issue=13|pages=4539–4549|doi=10.1128/AEM.01336-08|issn=0099-2240|pmc=2704834|pmid=19411432}}{{cite journal|last1=Dung|first1=J. K. S.|last2=Johnson|first2=D. A.|last3=Schroeder|first3=B. K.|title=First Report of Pectobacterium wasabiae Causing Aerial Stem Rot of Potato in Washington State|journal=Plant Disease|volume=96|issue=12|year=2012|pages=1819–1819|issn=0191-2917|doi=10.1094/PDIS-05-12-0444-PDN|doi-access=free}} Its type strain is CFBP 3304^T(=LMG 8404^T =NCPPB 3701^T =[https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/ICMP_9121 ICMP 9121^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}}