Name: Plesiomonas shigelloides corrig. (Bader 1954) Habs and Schubert 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Pseudomonas shigelloides" Bader 1954

Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Shigella, a generic name; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. shigelloides, Shigella-like

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14029; CCUG 410; CIP 63.5; DSM 8224; LMG 4242; NCCB 80007; NCTC 10360

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X60418 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Habs H, Schubert RHW. Über die biochemische Merkmale und die taxonomische Stellung von Pseudomonas shigelloides (Bader). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1962; 186:316-327.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pleisomonas shigelloides (Bader 1954) Habs and Schubert 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Pseudomonas shigelloides" Bader 1954	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Plesiomonas corrig. Habs and Schubert 1962 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Habs H, Schubert RHW. Über die biochemische Merkmale und die taxonomische Stellung von Pseudomonas shigelloides (Bader). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1962; 186:316-327.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 547 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Pleisomonas shigelloides (sic), has been corrected by Hill et al. 1984. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.

Parent taxon: Plesiomonas corrig. Habs and Schubert 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Habs H, Schubert RHW. Über die biochemische Merkmale und die taxonomische Stellung von Pseudomonas shigelloides (Bader). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1962; 186:316-327.

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Record number: 779688