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Pantoea

Pantoea is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Erwiniaceae, recently separated from the genus Enterobacter. This genus includes at least 20 species. Pantoea bacteria are yellow pigmented, ferment lactose, are motile, and form mucoid colonies. Some species show quorum sensing ability that could drive different gene expression, hence controlling certain physiological activities. Levan polysaccharide produced by Pantoea agglomerans ZMR7 was reported to decrease the viability of rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) and breast cancer (MDA) cells compared with untreated cancer cells. In addition, it has high antiparasitic activity against the promastigote of Leishmania tropica.

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Pantoea
Pantoea piersonii, formerly Kalamiella piersonii on agar plate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Erwiniaceae
Genus: Pantoea
Gavini et al. 1989
Type species
Pantoea agglomerans
Species

P. agglomerans
P. ananatis
P. citrea
P. dispersa
P. punctata
P. stewartii
P. terrea
P. septica
P. tagorei
P. vagans

Synonyms

Kalamiella Singh et al. 2019

Pantoea is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Erwiniaceae, recently separated from the genus Enterobacter. This genus includes at least 20 species.1 Pantoea bacteria are yellow pigmented,1 ferment lactose, are motile, and form mucoid colonies.2 Some species show quorum sensing ability that could drive different gene expression, hence controlling certain physiological activities.3 Levan polysaccharide produced by Pantoea agglomerans ZMR7 was reported to decrease the viability of rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) and breast cancer (MDA) cells compared with untreated cancer cells. In addition, it has high antiparasitic activity against the promastigote of Leishmania tropica.4

Species

  • Pantoea agglomerans is the most common Pantoea species recovered from humans and an opportunistic pathogen5 associated with contaminated catheters and penetrating trauma.6 It was formerly known as Erwinia herbicola or Enterobacter agglomerans.7
  • Pantoea allii1
  • Pantoea ananatis1 formerly Erwinia ananas8
  • Pantoea anthophila19
  • Pantoea brenneri
  • Pantoea citrea
  • Pantoea coffeiphila10
  • Pantoea conspicua
  • Pantoea cypripedii
  • Pantoea deleyi1
  • Pantoea dispersa1
  • Pantoea eucalyptii1
  • Pantoea eucrina
  • Pantoea gaviniae11
  • Pantoea graminicola12
  • Pantoea intestinalis13
  • Pantoea leporis14
  • Pantoea phosphatylitica15
  • Pantoea phyllosphaerae15
  • Pantoea phytostimulans 16
  • Pantoea piersonii17
  • Pantoea punctata18
  • Pantoea rodasii
  • Pantoea rwandensis
  • Pantoea septica
  • Pantoea stewartii1
  • Pantoea terra
  • Pantoea theicola19
  • Pantoea trifolii 20
  • Pantoea vagans
  • Pantoea wallisii21

The genus contains several more proposed species, such as Pantoea phytobeneficialis,22 which are currently not considered as validly published under the ICNP.23

References

References

  1. Walterson, Alyssa M.; Stavrinides, John (2015-11-01). "Pantoea: insights into a highly versatile and diverse genus within the Enterobacteriaceae". FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 39 (6): 968–984. doi:10.1093/femsre/fuv027. ISSN 1574-6976. PMID 26109597.
  2. Donnenberg, Michael (2009). "Chapter 218: Enterobacteriaceae". Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. p. 2827.
  3. Tan, Wen-Si; Muhamad Yunos, Nina Yusrina; Tan, Pui-Wan; Mohamad, Nur Izzati; Adrian, Tan-Guan-Sheng; Yin, Wai-Fong; Chan, Kok-Gan (12 August 2014). "Pantoea sp. Isolated from Tropical Fresh Water Exhibiting N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Production". The Scientific World Journal. 2014 (2014) 828971. doi:10.1155/2014/828971. PMC 4146356. PMID 25197715.
  4. Al-Qaysi, Safaa A. S.; Al-Haideri, Halah; Al-Shimmary, Sana M.; Abdulhameed, Jasim M.; Alajrawy, Othman I.; Al-Halbosiy, Mohammad M.; Moussa, Tarek A. A.; Farahat, Mohamed G. (2021-05-28). "Bioactive Levan-Type Exopolysaccharide Produced by Pantoea agglomerans ZMR7: Characterization and Optimization for Enhanced Production". Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 31 (5): 696–704. doi:10.4014/jmb.2101.01025. ISSN 1017-7825. PMC 9705920. PMID 33820887.
  5. Delétoile, Alexis; Decré, Dominique; Courant, Stéphanie; Passet, Virginie; Audo, Jennifer; Grimont, Patrick; Arlet, Guillaume; Brisse, Sylvain (2009-02-01). "Phylogeny and Identification of Pantoea Species and Typing of Pantoea agglomerans Strains by Multilocus Gene Sequencing". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47 (2): 300–310. doi:10.1128/JCM.01916-08. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 2643697. PMID 19052179.
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  7. GAVINI, F.; MERGAERT, J.; BEJI, A.; MIELCAREK, C.; IZARD, D.; KERSTERS, K.; LEY, J. DE (1989-07-01). "Transfer of Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972 to Pantoea gen. nov. as Pantoea agglomerans comb. nov. and Description of Pantoea dispersa sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 39 (3): 337–345. doi:10.1099/00207713-39-3-337.
  8. MERGAERT, J.; VERDONCK, L.; KERSTERS, K. (1993-01-01). "Transfer of Erwinia ananas (synonym, Erwinia uredovora) and Erwinia stewartii to the genus Pantoea emend. as Pantoea ananas (Serrano 1928) comb. nov. and Pantoea stewartii (Smith 1898) comb. nov., respectively, and description of Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes subsp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43 (1): 162–173. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-1-162.
  9. Brady, C. L.; Venter, S. N.; Cleenwerck, I.; Engelbeen, K.; Vancanneyt, M.; Swings, J.; Coutinho, T. A. (2009-07-20). "Pantoea vagans sp. nov., Pantoea eucalypti sp. nov., Pantoea deleyi sp. nov. and Pantoea anthophila sp. nov". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 59 (9): 2339–2345. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.009241-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  10. Gueule, Dominique; Fourny, Gérard; Ageron, Elisabeth; Le Flèche-Matéos, Anne; Vandenbogaert, Mathias; Grimont, Patrick A. D.; Cilas, Christian (2015). "Pantoea coffeiphila sp. nov., cause of the 'potato taste' of Arabica coffee from the African Great Lakes region". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt_1): 23–29. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.063545-0. ISSN 1466-5034.
  11. Popp, Alexandra; Cleenwerck, Ilse; Iversen, Carol; De Vos, Paul; Stephan, Roger (2010). "Pantoea gaviniae sp. nov. and Pantoea calida sp. nov., isolated from infant formula and an infant formula production environment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (12): 2786–2792. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019430-0. ISSN 1466-5034.
  12. Ferreira, Larissa C.; de Moura, Vitor A. S.; Poudel, Mousami; Fullem, Kiersten R.; Jones, Jeffrey B.; Xavier, Katia V. (2025). "Pantoea graminicola sp. nov., a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from sweet corn (Zea mays L.) in the USA". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 75 (11): 006952. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006952. ISSN 1466-5034. PMC 12582532. PMID 41182828.
  13. Prakash, Om; Nimonkar, Yogesh; Vaishampayan, Ankita; Mishra, Mrinal; Kumbhare, Shreyas; Josef, Neetha; Shouche, Yogesh S. (2015). "Pantoea intestinalis sp. nov., isolated from the human gut". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt_10): 3352–3358. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000419. ISSN 1466-5034.
  14. Kerin, Lindsay; Lawson, Paul A.; Dutton, Nicole; Bevis, Durward L.; McLaughlin, Richard (2023). "Pantoea leporis sp. nov., isolated from the faecal material of a rabbit". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 (8): 005968. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005968. ISSN 1466-5034.
  15. Yang, Songzhen; Li, Jiali; Zhang, Jun; Luo, Haoxiang; Dong, Honghong; Deng, Ming-Rong; Zhu, Honghui; Feng, Guang-Da (2025). "Pantoea phosphatilytica sp. nov. and Pantoea phyllosphaerae sp. nov., two phosphate-solubilizing and siderophore-producing bacteria isolated from citrus phyllosphere". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 75 (10): 006942. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006942. ISSN 1466-5034.
  16. Campillo-Brocal, Jonatan C.; Sánchez-García, María; Malo-López-Román, Jorge; Bernal-Soro, Antonio; Sánchez-Amat, Antonio (2025). "Pantoea phytostimulans sp. nov., a novel strain with plant growth-promoting properties". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 75 (4): 006764. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006764. ISSN 1466-5034. PMC 12038178. PMID 40279255.
  17. Soutar, Craig D.; Stavrinides, John (2022-01-01). "Phylogenomic analysis of the Erwiniaceae supports reclassification of Kalamiella piersonii to Pantoea piersonii comb. nov. and Erwinia gerundensis to the new genus Duffyella gen. nov. as Duffyella gerundensis comb. nov". Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 297 (1): 213–225. doi:10.1007/s00438-021-01829-3. ISSN 1617-4623.
  18. Kageyama, Bunji; Nakae, Masanori; Yagi, Shigeo; Sonoyama, Takayasu (1992). "Pantoea punctata sp. nov., Pantoea citrea sp. nov., and Pantoea terrea sp. nov. Isolated from Fruit and Soil Samples". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 42 (2): 203–210. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-2-203. ISSN 1466-5034.
  19. Kato Tanaka, Yuko; Horie, Nobuhiro; Mochida, Kaoru; Yoshida, Yoshihiro; Okugawa, Eri; Nanjo, Fumio (2015-10-01). "Pantoea theicola sp. nov., isolated from black tea". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt_10): 3313–3319. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000412. ISSN 1466-5026.
  20. Wdowiak-Wróbel, Sylwia; Kalita, Michał; Palusińska-Szysz, Marta; Marek-Kozaczuk, Monika; Sokołowski, Wojciech; Coutinho, Teresa A. (2024-02-01). "Pantoea trifolii sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from Trifolium rubens root nodules". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 2698. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-53200-2. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 10834434. PMID 38302681.
  21. Brady, Carrie L.; Cleenwerck, Ilse; van der Westhuizen, Lorinda; Venter, Stephanus N.; Coutinho, Teresa A.; De Vos, Paul (2012-07-01). "Pantoea rodasii sp. nov., Pantoea rwandensis sp. nov. and Pantoea wallisii sp. nov., isolated from Eucalyptus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (Pt_7): 1457–1464. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.032615-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  22. Nascimento, Francisco X.; Hernandez, Anabel G.; Glick, Bernard R.; Rossi, Márcio J. (April 2020). "The extreme plant-growth-promoting properties of Pantoea phytobeneficialis MSR2 revealed by functional and genomic analysis". Environmental Microbiology. 22 (4): 1341–1355. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14946. ISSN 1462-2912. PMID 32077227.
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