pectobacterium wasabiae pectobacterium wasabiae pectobacterium wasabiae is a plant pathogenic bacterium that was first reported to cause disease on wasabi plants. a closely related species, yet to be formally named, also causes disease on potato. unlike most pectobacterium, p. wasabiae strains lack a type iii secretion system. its type strain is cfbp 3304t(=lmg 8404t =ncppb 3701t =icmp 9121t). pectobacterium wasabiae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: enterobacterales family: pectobacteriaceae genus: pectobacterium species: p. wasabiae binomial name pectobacterium wasabiaegardan et al. 2003