Pantoea agglomerans
| Pantoea agglomerans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacteriales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Pantoea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pantoea agglomerans (Ewing and Fife 1972) Gavini et al. 1989 | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 27155 CCUG 539 CDC 1461-67 CFBP 3845 CIP 57.51 DSM 3493 ICPB 3435 ICMP 12534 JCM 1236 LMG 1286 NCTC 9381 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Enterobacter agglomerans Ewing and Fife 1972 | |
Pantoea agglomerans is a Gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Formerly called Enterobacter agglomerans, this bacterium is known to be an opportunistic pathogen in the immunocompromised, causing wound, blood, and urinary-tract infections. It is commonly isolated from plant surfaces, seeds, fruit (e.g. mandarin oranges), and animal or human feces.
It is difficult to differentiate Pantoea spp. from other members of this family, such as Enterobacter, Klebsiella, and Serratia species. However, Pantoea does not utilize the amino acids lysine, arginine, and ornithine, a characteristic that sets it apart from the other genera. (Winn, et al.; "Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology", Sixth Edition, 2006: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins)
Pantoea agglomerans is found in the gut of locusts, which have adapted to use the guaiacol that Pantoea agglomerans produces to initiate swarming of locusts.[1]
It is also commonly found as a symbiont in the gut of mosquitoes, where it has been genetically engineered to produce antimalaria effector molecules, reducing the prevalence of Plasmodium by up to 98% [2]