Pantoea species
From IDWiki
- Non-encapsulated, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative bacillus with yellow pigment
- Member of the Enterobacteriaceae
- Cuases disease mostly in plants, and rarely in humans
- Present in the feces of cotton beetles
- 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
References
- ^ M Gajdács. Epidemiology and antibiotic resistance trends of Pantoea species in a tertiary-care teaching hospital: A 12-year retrospective study. Developments in Health Sciences. 2019;2(3):72-75. doi:10.1556/2066.2.2019.009.
- ^ Roberto Casale, Matteo Boattini, Gabriele Bianco, Sara Comini, Silvia Corcione, Silvia Garazzino, Erika Silvestro, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa. Bloodstream Infections by Pantoea Species: Clinical and Microbiological Findings from a Retrospective Study, Italy, 2018–2023. Antibiotics. 2023;12(12):1723. doi:10.3390/antibiotics12121723.
