A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using peritrichous flagella, non-spore forming, indole and urease negative, noncapsulated, produces a yellow pigment, liquefies gelatin, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, and is Voges-Proskauer reaction positive. P. agglomerans is found on plant surfaces, seeds, and water and is pathogenic in humans and some strains can be pathogenic to plants.

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Pantoea agglomerans.