Name: Pseudochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseud.o.chro.bac’trum. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. neut. n. Ochrobactrum, a bacterial genus name; N.L. neut. n. Pseudochrobactrum, false Ochrobactrum

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Pseudochrobactr-), pse͡ud-o-k^hro-BAK-trum

Type species: Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum Kämpfer et al. 2006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Rossello-Mora R, Scholz HC, Welinder-Olsson C, Falsen E, Busse HJ. Description of Pseudochrobactrum gen. nov., with the two species Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1823-1829. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hwang and Cho (2008) assigned this genus to the family Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a distinct branch in the order Rhizobiales, and proposal of Cohaesibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:267-277. 🇰🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pseudochrobactum".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kaempfer et al. (2007), Kaempfer et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; CCUG: 4; CIP: 3; CCM: 2; CECT: 2; JCM: 2; LMG: 2; KMM: 1; NRIC: 1; MCCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Pseudochrobactrum albidum" Zheng et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Pseudochrobactrum algeriense corrig. Loperena-Barber et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudochrobactrum algeriensis Loperena-Barber et al. 2022	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudochrobactrum glaciei Romanenko et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pseudochrobactrum kiredjianiae Kämpfer et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudochrobactrum lubricantis Kämpfer et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudochrobactrum mosebachae Guzman et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328. 🇨🇦

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