Pantoea species

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Pantoea
  • 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