Pectobacterium carotovorum

**Definition:** A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that causes rotting, particularly of storage tissues, of a wide variety of plants and causes a vascular disease in CARROTS; and POTATO plants.

**Tree numbers:** - B03.440.450.425.585.120 - B03.660.250.150.542.120

**Synonyms:** - Bacillus carotovorus - Erwinia carotovora - Bacterium carotovorum - Erwinia caratovora