Pectobacterium punjabense
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Gammaproteobacteria, Order Enterobacterales, Family Pectobacteriaceae, Genus
Pectobacterium,
Pectobacterium punjabense Sarfraz et al. 2018.
Gram-negative rods.
Grows at 28 ºC in TY medium (5g tryptone/l , 3g yeast extract/l and agar 1.5%).
Pectinolytic, produces pits on crystal violetpectate medium.
Isolated from potato plant in Punjab, Pakistan.
Produces blackleg symptoms on potato plants.
  1. Sarfraz S, Riaz K, Oulghazi S, Cigna J, Sahi ST, Khan SH, Faure D. Pectobacterium punjabense sp. nov., isolated from blackleg
    symptoms of potato plants in Pakistan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3551-3556.
Probably very similar to Pectobacterium parmentieri (the below tests used by author
were identical for
P. punjabense and P. parmentieri strains) - admin note.

Can utilize as sole carbon source 1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, lactose, melibiose, gluconic acid, raffinose, galactose and
cellobiose.

Does not utilize L-alanine, maltose or 1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside.
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