We describe 2 plant-associated posttraumatic Kosakonia infections in Argentina. Facing biochemical and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry limitations, we used whole-genome sequencing to successfully identify K. cowanii and K. oryzae as the causative agents. Our data highlight the crucial role of genomics in correctly identifying these underestimated emerging pathogens.
Barberis et al. (Sun,) studied this question.