Pantoea ananatis(ERWIAN)
Distribution details in Belgium
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, no details
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, no details (2022-12)
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, no details (2022-12)
According to Gkorezis et al. (2016): isolated from roots of poplar trees planted on the polluted grounds of a former car factory for phytoremediation. During these studies, the isolated strain revealed a capacity to stimulate plant growth and to degrade diesel. Following this report, the NPPO of Belgium contacted various other research laboratories which noted that they had not found the bacterium (except 2 bacterial strains isolated from a symptomatic onion grown in Belgium but whose identity has not been fully confirmed). It is also noted that no specific surveys are conducted on this bacterium in Belgium.
* Gkorezis P, Van Hamme JD, Bottos EM, Thijs S, Balseiro-Romero M, Monterroso C, Kidd PS, Rineau F, Weyens N, Vangronsveld J (2016) Draft genome sequence of Pantoea ananatis GB1, a plant-growth-promoting hydrocarbonoclastic root endophyte, isolated at a diesel fuel phytoremediation site planted with Populus. Genome Announcements 4(1), e00028-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00028-16
* NPPO of Belgium (2022-12).
* NPPO of Belgium (2022-12).