“…In addition, new Pectobacterium species were progressively described, most of them recently on the basis of whole genome sequence analysis. Today, the Pectobacterium genus encompasses 17 recognized species Pectobacterium actinidiae [15], Pectobacterium aquaticum [17], Pectobacterium aroidearum [18], Pectobacterium atrosepticum [14], Pectobacterium betavasculorum [14], Pectobacterium brasiliense [15], Pectobacterium cacticida [9,19], Pectobacterium carotovorum [8,15,20], Pectobacterium fontis [21], Pectobacterium odoriferum [15], Pectobacterium parmentieri [22], Pectobacterium parvum [23], Pectobacterium polaris [24], Pectobacterium polonicum [25], Pectobacterium punjabense [26], Pectobacterium versatile [15] and Pectobacterium wasabiae [14] and 2 proposed species not yet validated by had hoc committees:…”