Names of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, 1864–2004

This list contains the names of all plant pathogenic bacteria that have been effectively and validly published in terms of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (‘the Code’ – hitherto the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria) (Lapage et al. 1992) and the Standards for Naming Pathovars (Dye et al. 1980), and their revision (Young et al. 1991a). Included are species names from the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Skerman et al. 1980), pathovar names listed by Dye et al. (1980), and names of pathogens reported since 1980.