Erwiniaceae | |
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Pantoea piersonii, formerly Kalamiella piersonii on agar plate | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Enterobacterales |
Family: | Erwiniaceae Adeolu et al., 2016 |
Genera | |
The Erwiniaceae are a family of Gram-negative bacteria which includes a number of plant pathogens and insect endosymbionts.[1] This family is a member of the order Enterobacterales in the class Gammaproteobacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota. The type genus of this family is Erwinia.[2]
The name Erwiniaceae is derived from the Latin term Erwinia, referring the type genus of the family and the suffix "-aceae", an ending used to denote a family. Together, Erwiniaceae refers to a family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Erwinia.[1]