Pantoea agglomerans

Taxobox
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name = "Pantoea agglomerans"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Gamma Proteobacteria
ordo = Enterobacteriales
familia = Enterobacteriaceae
genus = "Pantoea"
binomial = "Pantoea agglomerans"
binomial_authority = (Ewing and Fife 1972)
Gavini "et al". 1989
type_strain = ATCC 27155
CCUG 539
CDC 1461-67
CFBP 3845
CIP 57.51
DSM 3493
ICPB 3435
ICMP 12534
JCM 1236
LMG 1286
NCTC 9381
synonyms = "Enterobacter agglomerans" Ewing and Fife 1972
"Bacillus agglomerans" Beijerinck 1888
"Erwinia herbicola" (Löhnis 1911) Dye 1964
"Bacterium herbicola" Löhnis 1911
"Bacterium herbicola" Geilinger 1921
"Pseudomonas herbicola" (Geilinger 1921) de’Rossi 1927
"Corynebacterium beticola" Abdou 1969
"Pseudomonas trifolii" Huss

"Pantoea agglomerans" is a Gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Formerly called "Enterobacter agglomerans", this bacterium is known to be an opportunistic pathogen in the immunocompromised causing wound, blood, and urinary tract infections. Commonly isolated from plant surfaces, seeds, fruit (ex. - mandarin oranges), and animal or human feces.

It is difficult to differentiate easily from other members of this family, such as, "Enterobacter", "Klebsiella", and "Serratia" species. The amino acid utilization pattern of lysine, arginine, and orinthine will distinguish "Pantoea" spp. from the others. Pantoea is negative for utilization of these three amino acids. (See Winn, "et al."; "Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology", Sixth Edition, 2006: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins)