First Announcement
July 20th-July 23rd, 2025.
Venue: Skukuza Safari Lodge, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Air travel from Johannesburg to the Skukuza Safari Lodge will be arranged for conference attendees.
Pantoea is a diverse and cosmopolitan bacterial genus in the order Enterobacterales. Pantoea species colonize diverse environments and form diverse ecological interactions with bacteria, plants, and other hosts. Pantoea strains include important plant pathogens, biocontrol agents, and have applications in biotechnology. In association with The Southern African Society for Plant Pathology, Pantoea 2025 will bring the international Pantoea research community together in beautiful Kruger National Park for a three-day scientific program to build and support scientific collaborations, celebrate and share historical and current research on this fascinating group of organisms, and bolster the scientific community of Pantoea researchers.
Come see “The Big Six”
Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, Leopard, Rhino, Pantoea
Panthera pardus (image credit: Skukuza Safari Lodge) Pantoea ananatis (image credit: Gina Shin)
Organizing Committee
| Teresa Coutinho (Co-Coordinator) | University of Pretoria, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology |
| Brian Kvitko (Co-Coordinator) | University of Georgia, Department of Plant Pathology |
| Pieter De Maayer | Wits University, School of Molecular and Cell Biology |
| Bhabesh Dutta | University of Georgia, Department of Plant Pathology |
| Carrie Brady | University of West England Bristol, CHSS School of Applied Sciences |
| Theo Smits | Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Paul Stodghill | USDA-ARS, Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research |
| Boris Vinatzer | Virginia Tech, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences |
| María Inés Siri | Universidad de la República (Uruguay), Department of Biosciences |
| Jinwoo Kim | Gyeongsang National University, Department of Plant Medicine |
Southern African Society for Plant Pathology
