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Genus Pseudomonas

Name: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do’mo.nas. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Pseudomonas, false monad

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pseudomonad-), pse͡u-DO-mo-nas

Type species: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schroeter 1872) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Migula W. Über ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Yang et al. 2013 Yang G, Han L, Wen J, Zhou S. Pseudomonas guangdongensis sp. nov., isolated from an electroactive biofilm, and emended description of the genus Pseudomonas Migula 1894. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4599-4605. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.
      Notes:
      • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
      • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • Notes:
    • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸
    • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:505-566.
    • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
    • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the suborder Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR. Suborder II. Pseudomonoadineae Breed, Murray and Smith, Sub-Ordo Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 67.
    • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II. 1936; 94:369-403.
    • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Chromobactereae". Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
    • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
    • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the suborder Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR. Suborder II. Pseudomonoadineae Breed, Murray and Smith, Sub-Ordo Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 67.
    • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
    • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the subclass "Neisseriidae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
    • 🧕 Clements (1909) assigned this genus to the family "Bacteriaceae". Publication: Clements FE. The genera of fungi. The H.W. Wilson Company, Minneapolis, 1909.
    • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
    • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
    • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Schroeter J. Über einige durch Bacterien gebildete Pigmente. (1872). In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 109-126.
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bseudomonas"; "Fseudomonas"; "Iseudomonas"; "Jiseudomonas"; "Paeudomonas"; "Peeudomonas"; "Pemudomonas"; "Peseudomonas"; "Pesudomonas"; "Peudomonas"; "Pmmdomonas"; "Pneudomonas"; "Preudomonas"; "Psaudomonas"; "Pscudamonas"; "Pscudmnonzzs"; "Pscudomonas"; "Pscudomonis"; "Pscudumonas"; "Pscurlomonas"; "Pseadomonas"; "Psecrdomonas"; "Psedomonas"; "Psedudomonas"; "Psedumonas"; "Pseduomonas"; "Pseiidomonas"; "Pseiidonionas"; "Pseirdomonas"; "Pseirdomonns"; "Pseitdomonas"; "Pseiuiomonas"; "Pselldomonas"; "Psemdumonas"; "Psemlomonas"; "Psendomonaa"; "Psendomonas"; "Psentdomonas"; "Psesdomonas"; "Pseuaomonas"; "Pseuclomonas"; "Pseuclomonus"; "Pseucomonas"; "Pseudamanaas"; "Pseudamanas"; "Pseudamonas"; "Pseudamonus"; "Pseudcmanas"; "Pseudemonas"; "Pseudgmonas"; "Pseudimonas"; "Pseudmnonas"; "Pseudmonas"; "Pseudmonus"; "Pseudnmanas"; "Pseudnmonas"; "Pseudofnonas"; "Pseudoiiionas"; "Pseudoinonas"; "Pseudoionas"; "Pseudoitionas"; "Pseudomanaa"; "Pseudomanas"; "Pseudomanax"; "Pseudomanus"; "Pseudomas"; "Pseudomcmas"; "Pseudomcmus"; "Pseudomcnas"; "Pseudominas"; "Pseudommzas"; "Pseudomnnas"; "Pseudomnnax"; "Pseudomnnus"; "Pseudomnonas"; "Pseudomoaas"; "Pseudomoas"; "Pseudomoiia"; "Pseudomoiias"; "Pseudomomas"; "Pseudomomha"; "Pseudomoms"; "Pseudomomzs"; "Pseudomon"; "Pseudomona"; "Pseudomonaa"; "Pseudomonaas"; "Pseudomonac"; "Pseudomonae"; "Pseudomonar"; "Pseudomonasa"; "Pseudomonashas"; "Pseudomonasis"; "Pseudomoncis"; "Pseudomoncs"; "Pseudomones"; "Pseudomoni"; "Pseudomonns"; "Pseudomononas"; "Pseudomonos"; "Pseudomonous"; "Pseudomonris"; "Pseudomons"; "Pseudomonsa"; "Pseudomonus"; "Pseudomortas"; "Pseudomouas"; "Pseudomrmas"; "Pseudomunas"; "Pseudomwzas"; "Pseudomzmas"; "Pseudonionas"; "Pseudonmnas"; "Pseudonmonas"; "Pseudonomas"; "Pseudonomonas"; "Pseudonwmas"; "Pseudonwnas"; "Pseudornanas"; "Pseudornonas"; "Pseudornonus"; "Pseudoroseo"; "Pseudotnonas"; "Pseudouionas"; "Pseudumanas"; "Pseudumnas"; "Pseudumonas"; "Pseueudomonas"; "Pseuidomonas"; "Pseulomonas"; "Pseuodmonas"; "Pseuodomonas"; "Pseuomonas"; "Pseurlomonas"; "Pseutiomonas"; "Pseutlomonas"; "Pseutsdomonas"; "Pseuudomonas"; "Pseuuomonas"; "Psevdomonas"; "Psevidomonas"; "Psewiomonas"; "Psewlomonas"; "Psexdomonas"; "Psexidomonas"; "Psezidomonas"; "Psezldomonas"; "Psezrdomonas"; "Psezudomanas"; "Psezudomonas"; "Psmidomonas"; "Psmulomonas"; "Psoudomonas"; "Pspudomonas"; "Psrudomonus"; "Psseuudomonas"; "Pssudomonas"; "Psszudomonas"; "Psttudomonas"; "Pstudomonas"; "Psudomonas"; "Psuedomonas"; "Psvudomonas"; "Psvurlomonas"; "Pswdamgnas"; "Pswdamonas"; "Pswdomonas"; "Psyudomonas"; "Pueudomnnas"; "Puudomonas"; "Pwudomonas"; "Pxeudomonas"; "Pxpudomonas"; "Steudomonas".
    • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Gargani G, Lopez-Merino A. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Brucella correspondence report (interim report 1991-1993). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1167-1168.
    • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Bernardet JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Minutes of the meeting, 30 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:507-509. 🇦🇺
    • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Hugh R, Sakazaki R. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrios. Minutes of the closed meeting, 3 September 1974, Tokyo, Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1975; 25:389-391.
    • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria, minutes of the annual meeting by videoconference, 5 July 2021, followed by online discussion until 31 December 2021. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5453. 🇫🇮
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 330; DSM: 310; JCM: 186; CCUG: 161; ATCC: 154; CFBP: 146; CIP: 143; CECT: 80; NBRC: 76; ICMP: 56.
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Excluding Pseudomonas marneffei, mallei and pseudomallei: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; putrefaciens.: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; Bacillus thuringiensis: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
    • 🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 5). Only conservation of a name, and with a new nomenclatural type. Publication: Anonymous NN. Status of Pseudomonas Migula 1894 as a Generic Name, and of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (Schröter) Migula 1900 as Type Species. Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon. 1951; 1:41-42.
    • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PSMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
    • 🧍 See also Mulet et al. (2012). Publication: Mulet M, Gomila M, Scotta C, Sanchez D, Lalucat J, Garcia-Valdes E. Concordance between whole-cell matrix-assisted laser-desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and multilocus sequence analysis approaches in species discrimination within the genus Pseudomonas. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:455-464. 🇪🇸
    • 🧍 See also Woese et al. (1984). Publication: Woese CR, Blanz P, Hahn CM. What isn't a Pseudomonad: The Importance of Nomenclature in Bacterial Classification. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 1984; 5:179-195.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 384
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 494
Total number of child taxa: 689

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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