Query: NC_013421:1545386 Pectobacterium wasabiae WPP163, complete genome Lineage: Pectobacterium wasabiae; Pectobacterium; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: Temp: Mesophile; Habitat: Host. Pectobacterium wasabiae is a causal agent of soft rot disease of plants, an economically important pathogen of many crops. A pathogenic Gram-negative bacterium.
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General Information: Isolated from the blood of a 53 year old male patient with severe melioidosis encephalomyelitis in Darwin, Australia in 1995. This species is an opportunistic pathogen and can cause pneumonia, bacteremia, and melioidosis. It is normally found in terrestrial environments and has been recovered from rice paddies and moist tropical soil. It is endemic in Asia and Australia, but can be found in other parts of the world. The organism can exist intracellularly and can spread through the bloodstream (bacteremia).