''Pantoea'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family

Erwiniaceae The ''Erwiniaceae'' are a family of Gram-negative bacteria which includes a number of plant pathogens and insect endosymbionts. This family is a member of the order Enterobacterales in the class Gammaproteobacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota. T ...

, recently separated from the genus '' Enterobacter''. This genus includes at least 20 species. ''Pantoea'' bacteria are yellow pigmented, ferment lactose, are motile, and form mucoid colonies. Some species show quorum sensing ability that could drive different gene expression, hence controlling certain physiological activities. Levan produced by ''Pantoea agglomerans'' ZMR7 was reported to decrease the viability of rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) and breast cancer (MDA) cells compared with untreated cancer cells. In addition, it has high antiparasitic activity against the promastigote of ''Leishmania tropica.''

Species

*'' Pantoea agglomerans'' is the most common ''Pantoea'' species recovered from humans and an opportunistic pathogen associated with contaminated catheters and penetrating trauma. It was formerly known as ''Erwinia herbicola'' or ''Enterobacter agglomerans.'' * '' Pantoea allii'' * ''

Pantoea ananatis ''Pantoea'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Erwiniaceae, recently separated from the genus ''Enterobacter''. This genus includes at least 20 species. ''Pantoea'' bacteria are yellow pigmented, ferment lactose, are motile, and f ...

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Pantoea anthophila ''Pantoea'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Erwiniaceae, recently separated from the genus ''Enterobacter''. This genus includes at least 20 species. ''Pantoea'' bacteria are yellow pigmented, ferment lactose, are motile, and f ...

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Pantoea deleyi ''Pantoea'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Erwiniaceae, recently separated from the genus ''Enterobacter''. This genus includes at least 20 species. ''Pantoea'' bacteria are yellow pigmented, ferment lactose, are motile, and f ...

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Pantoea eucalyptii ''Pantoea'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Erwiniaceae, recently separated from the genus ''Enterobacter''. This genus includes at least 20 species. ''Pantoea'' bacteria are yellow pigmented, ferment lactose, are motile, and f ...

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Pantoea stewartii ''Pantoea stewartii'' is a species of plant pathogenic bacteria that causes Stewart's wilt of corn, as well as jackfruit-bronzing disease, bacterial leaf wilt of sugarcane, and leaf blight in rice. ''P. stewartii'' is a gram-negative bacterium i ...

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References

Bacteria genera Enterobacterales {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub