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: shi.gel.lo.i’des. 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. fem. adj. shigelloides, Shigella-like

Pronunciation, gender: s͡hi-gel-lo-I-des, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14029; CCUG 410; CECT 4262; CIP 63.5; LMG 4242; NCCB 80007; NCTC 10360

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudomonas shigelloides" Bader 1954	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Proteus shigelloides" (Bader 1954) MacDonell and Colwell 1985	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pleisomonas shigelloides (Bader 1954) Habs and Schubert 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Duman et al. 2023 Duman M, García Valdés E, Ay H, Altun S, Saticioglu IB. Description of a Novel Fish Pathogen, Plesiomonas shigelloides subsp. oncorhynchi, Isolated from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): First Genome Analysis and Comparative Genomics. Fishes 2023; 8:179.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2024-04-26 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• 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 France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 571 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 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 (Reading) 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Plesiomonas shigelloides subsp. oncorhynchi" Duman et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

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