Name: Afipia carboxydohydrogena (Meyer et al. 1980 ex Sanjieva and Zavarzin 1971) Fatahi-Bafghi 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas carboxydohydrogena (ex Sanjieva and Zavarzin 1971) Meyer et al. 1980

Etymology: car.bo.xy.do.hy.dro’ge.na. N.L. neut. adj. carboxydum, carbon monoxide; Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sour, acid; Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. fem. adj. carboxydohydrogena, carbon monoxide-utilizing and water-forming

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kar-bo-ksy-do-hy-DRO-ge-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29978; "Carboxydobacterium" Z-1062; DSM 1083; JCM 12568; VKM B-1334; Z-1062

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021393 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fatahi-Bafghi M. Reclassification of Pseudomonas boreopolis Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) as Xanthomonas boreopolis comb. nov. and Pseudomonas carboxydohydrogena (ex Sanjieva and Zavarzin 1971) Meyer et al. 1980 as Afipia carboxydohydrogena comb. nov. based on comparative genomic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6865. 🇮🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas carboxydohydrogena (ex Sanjieva and Zavarzin 1971) Meyer et al. 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-26.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Afipia Brenner et al. 1992

Assigned by: Fatahi-Bafghi M. Reclassification of Pseudomonas boreopolis Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) as Xanthomonas boreopolis comb. nov. and Pseudomonas carboxydohydrogena (ex Sanjieva and Zavarzin 1971) Meyer et al. 1980 as Afipia carboxydohydrogena comb. nov. based on comparative genomic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6865. 🇮🇷

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Record number: 67077