Reclassification of non-pigmented Erwinia herbicola strains from trees as Erwinia billingiae sp. nov.

References

1. Billing E., Baker L. A. E. 1963; Characteristics of Erwinia-like organisms found in plant material. J Appl Bacteriol 26:59–65
   [Google Scholar]
2. Brosius J., Dull T. J., Sleeter D. D., Noller H. F. 1981; Gene organization and primary structure of a ribosomal RNA operon from Escherichia coli . J Mol Biol 148:107–127
   [Google Scholar]
3. De Ley J., Cattoir H., Reynaert A. 1970; The quantitative measurement of DNA hybridization from renaturation rates. EurJ Biochem 12:133–142
   [Google Scholar]
4. Gavini F., Mergaert J., Beji A., Mielcarek C., Izard D., Kersters K., De Ley J. 1989; 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. Int J Syst Bacteriol 39:337–345
   [Google Scholar]
5. Hao M. V., Brenner D. J., Steigerwalt A. G., Kosako Y., Komagata K. 1990; Erwinia persicinus, a new species isolated from plants. Int J Syst Bacteriol 40:379–383
   [Google Scholar]
6. Hauben L., Moore E. R. B., Vauterin L., Steenackers M., Mergaert J., Verdonck L., Swings J. 1998; Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae . Syst Appl Microbiol 21:384–397
   [Google Scholar]
7. Kwon S.-W., Go S.-J., Kang H.-W., Ryu J.-C., Jo J.-K. 1997; Phylogenetic analysis of Erwinia species based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Int J Syst Bacteriol 47:1061–1067
   [Google Scholar]
8. Mergaert J. 1989; A taxonomic study of the ‘Erwinia herbicola-Enterobacter agglomerans complex’. Academiae Analecta Mede K Acad Wet Lett Schone Kunsten Belg KL Wet 51:1–23
   [Google Scholar]
9. Mergaert J., Verdonck L., Kersters K., Swings J., Boeufgras J. M., De Ley J. 1984; Numerical taxonomy of Erwinia species using API systems. J Gen Microbiol 130:1893–1910
   [Google Scholar]
10. Mergaert J., Verdonck L., Kersters K. 1993; 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. Int J Syst Bacteriol 43:162–173
    [Google Scholar]
11. Starr M. P., Mandel M. 1969; DNA base composition and taxonomy of phytopathogenic and other enterobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 56:113–123
    [Google Scholar]
12. Vandamme P., Pot B., Gillis M., De Vos P., Kersters K., Swings J. 1996; Polyphasic taxonomy, a consensus approach to bacterial systematics. Microbiol Rev 60:407–438
    [Google Scholar]
13. Verdonck L., Mergaert J., Rijckaert C., Swings J., Kersters K., De Ley J. 1987; The genus Erwinia: a numerical analysis of phenotypic features. Int J Syst Bacteriol 37:4–18
    [Google Scholar]