Pluralibacter pyrinus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Enterobacterales |
Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Pluralibacter |
Species: | P. pyrinus |
Binomial name | |
Pluralibacter pyrinus | |
Synonyms | |
Enterobacter pyrinus |
Pluralibacter pyrinus (formerly Enterobacter pyrinus) is a Gram-negative, motile, facultatively-anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. [3] P. pyrinus is the causitive agent of brown leaf spot disease of pear trees. [1]
The cause of brown leaf spot disease affecting pear trees in South Korea was first identified as a novel bacterial infection in 1990. The proposed name for the species was Erwinia pirina, but this name was not validly published. [4] [1] In 1993, further research grouped the organism in the genus Enterobacter as E. pyrinus. [1] Later studies of the genus Enterobacter lead to the species being reclassified into the novel genus Pluralibacter in 2013. [2] The species name is derived from the Greek word pŷr, which means pear. [1]