Name: Halopseudomonas pertucinogena (Kawai and Yabuuchi 1975) Rudra and Gupta 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas pertucinogena Kawai and Yabuuchi 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: per.tu.ci.no’ge.na. N.L. neut. n. pertucinum, pertucin, a bacteriocin active against Bordetella pertussis, genus, producing; from L. v. gigno, to produce, give birth to, beget; N.L. fem. adj. pertucinogena, intended to mean pertucin producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-pse͡u-DO-mo-nas per-tu-ki-NO-ge-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 190; CCUG 7832; CIP 106696; CUG 7832; DSM 18268; IFO 14163; JCM 11590; LMG 1874; NBRC 14163

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF673695 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of species of the family Pseudomonadaceae: Proposals for the genera Halopseudomonas gen. nov. and Atopomonas gen. nov., merger of the genus Oblitimonas with the genus Thiopseudomonas, and transfer of some misclassified species of the genus Pseudomonas into other genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5011. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5130.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas pertucinogena Kawai and Yabuuchi 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Neopseudomonas pertucinogena (Kawai and Yabuuchi 1975) Saati-Santamaría et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halopseudomonas Rudra and Gupta 2021. Publication: Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of species of the family Pseudomonadaceae: Proposals for the genera Halopseudomonas gen. nov. and Atopomonas gen. nov., merger of the genus Oblitimonas with the genus Thiopseudomonas, and transfer of some misclassified species of the genus Pseudomonas into other genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5011. 🇨🇦
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Halopseudomonas Rudra and Gupta 2021

Assigned by: Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of species of the family Pseudomonadaceae: Proposals for the genera Halopseudomonas gen. nov. and Atopomonas gen. nov., merger of the genus Oblitimonas with the genus Thiopseudomonas, and transfer of some misclassified species of the genus Pseudomonas into other genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5011. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 21262