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carotovorum Slime flux on a Camperdown Elm caused by
Pectobacterium carotovorum Scientific classification Kingdom:
Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales Family: Enterobacteriaceae Genus:
Pectobacterium Species: P. carotovorum Binomial name
Pectobacterium carotovorum (Jones, 1901) Waldee, 1945  Erwinia
carotovora  Pectobacterium carotovorum is a bacterium of the
family Enterobacteriaceae; it formerly was a member of the genus
Erwinia.[1]  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 blackleg of potato and other
vegetables (hence the name carotovora - "carrot-eater"), as well
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