Pantoea species
From IDWiki
- Non-encapsulated, non-spore-forming, Has Gram stain:Gram-negative bacillus with yellow pigment
- Member of the Enterobacteriaceae
- Cuases disease mostly in plants, and rarely in humans
- Found on plants, on buckwheat, and in human feces
- About 20 species, of which human diseases have been described with P. agglomerans, P. brenneri, P. conspicua, P. eucrina, and P. septica
- Associated with "cotton fever" in people who inject drugs
- Present in the feces of cotton beetles
