Pectobacterium carotovorum (PECCA) | BCH-ORGA-SCBD-108042 | Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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last updated: 15 May 2015
Organism information
Pectobacterium carotovorum
Kingdom Bacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria
Class Gammaproteobacteria
Order Enterobacteriales
Family Enterobacteriaceae
Genus Pectobacterium
Species carotovorum
  • Erwinia carotovora
  • Bacterium carotovorum
  • Bacillus carotovorus
  • PECCA
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Bacteria
Characteristics related to biosafety
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This bacterius is a ubiquitous plant pathogen with a wide host range (carrot, potato, tomato, leafy greens, squash and other cucurbits, onion, green peppers, African violets etc.), able to cause disease in almost any plant tissue it invades. It is a very economically important pathogen in terms of postharvest losses, and a common cause of decay in stored fruits and vegetables.
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The species is a plant pathogen with a diverse host range, including many agriculturally and scientifically important plant species. It produces pectolytic enzymes that hydrolyze pectin between individual plant cells. This causes the cells to separate, a disease plant pathologists term bacterial soft rot. Specifically, it causes beet vascular necrosis and blackleg of potato and other vegetables (hence the name carotovora - "carrot-eater"), as well as slime flux on many different tree species.
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