Name: Herbaspirillum huttiense (Leifson 1962) Ding and Yokota 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas huttiensis Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: hut.ti.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. huttiense, pertaining to Lower Hutt, New Zealand [probably better: huttense]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14670; CIP 103296; DSM 10281; IAM 14941; JCM 21423; LMG 2199; NBRC 102521

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16S rRNA gene: AB021366 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ding L, Yokota A. Proposals of Curvibacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum putei sp. nov. for bacterial strains isolated from well water and reclassification of [Pseudomonas] huttiensis, [Pseudomonas] lanceolata, [Aquaspirillum] delicatum and [Aquaspirillum] autotrophicum as Herbaspirillum huttiense comb. nov., Curvibacter lanceolatus comb. nov., Curvibacter delicatus comb. nov. and Herbaspirillum autotrophicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2223-2230.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas huttiensis Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Dobritsa et al. 2010 Dobritsa AP, Reddy MC, Samadpour M. Reclassification of Herbaspirillum putei as a later heterotypic synonym of Herbaspirillum huttiense, with the description of H. huttiense subsp. huttiense subsp. nov. and H. huttiense subsp. putei subsp. nov., comb. nov., and description of Herbaspirillum aquaticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1418-1426. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1987-1988.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Dobritsa et al. (2010), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Herbaspirillum putei Ding and Yokota 2004. Publication: Dobritsa AP, Reddy MC, Samadpour M. Reclassification of Herbaspirillum putei as a later heterotypic synonym of Herbaspirillum huttiense, with the description of H. huttiense subsp. huttiense subsp. nov. and H. huttiense subsp. putei subsp. nov., comb. nov., and description of Herbaspirillum aquaticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1418-1426.
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 24 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Herbaspirillum huttiense subsp. huttiense (Leifson 1962) Dobritsa et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum huttiense subsp. lycopersici Poudel et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum huttiense subsp. nephrolepidis Poudel et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Herbaspirillum huttiense subsp. putei (Ding and Yokota 2004) Dobritsa et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Assigned by: Ding L, Yokota A. Proposals of Curvibacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum putei sp. nov. for bacterial strains isolated from well water and reclassification of [Pseudomonas] huttiensis, [Pseudomonas] lanceolata, [Aquaspirillum] delicatum and [Aquaspirillum] autotrophicum as Herbaspirillum huttiense comb. nov., Curvibacter lanceolatus comb. nov., Curvibacter delicatus comb. nov. and Herbaspirillum autotrophicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2223-2230.

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