%0 Journal Article %A Dickey, Robert S. %A Victoria, Jorge I. %T Taxonomy and Emended Description of Strains of Erwinia Isolated from Musa paradisiaca Linnaeus %D 1980 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 30 %N 1 %P 129-134 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-129 %I Microbiology Society, %X The phytopathogenic bacterium which causes soft rot of the pseudostem of Musa paradisiaca Linnaeus has been designated previously as Erwinia carotovora subsp. paradisiaca, E. paradisiaca, E. carotovora subsp. chrysanthemi, and E. chrysanthemi. Thirty strains were examined and compared with strains of closely related Erwinia species and their subspecies. The strains from M. paradisiaca were found to be phenotypically similar to E. chrysanthemi strains on the basis of the following characteristics: pectate degradation; production of phosphatase, indole, acetoin, and acid from ethanol; growth at 36 to 37°C; susceptibility to erythromycin; gas from glucose; utilization of malonate; no growth in 5% NaCl; and no production of acid from α-methyl-d-glucoside, trehalose, maltose, lactose, or palatinose. They could be distinguished from 322 strains of E. chrysanthemi isolated from 22 other plant hosts by the following phenotypic properties: production of acid from d-arabinose and raffinose; utilization of sodium tartrate; no production of lecithinase or of acid from inulin, mannitol, or sorbitol; and inability to liquefy gelatin. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-30-1-129