pectobacterium betavasculorum pectobacterium betavasculorum pectobacterium betavasculorum is a plant pathogenic bacterium that infects beets. it can cause significant losses during sugar beet production and storage. little is known about the epidemiology of this disease. its type strain is cfbp 2122t (=lmg 2464t=ncppb 2795t =icmp 4226t). pectobacterium betavasculorum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: enterobacterales family: pectobacteriaceae genus: pectobacterium species: p. betavasculorum binomial name pectobacterium betavasculorumgardan et al. 2003