Name: Pseudaeromonas sharmana (Saha and Chakrabarti 2006) Padakandla and Chae 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aeromonas sharmana Saha and Chakrabarti 2006

Etymology: shar.ma’na. N.L. fem. adj. sharmana, named in honour of Dr Manju Sharma, a biologist and a great proponent of research on microbial diversity in India

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 54939; CIP 109378; DSM 17445; GPTSA-6; MTCC 7090

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ013306 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Padakandla SR, Chae JC. Reclassification of Aeromonas sharmana to a new genus as Pseudaeromonas sharmana gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Pseudaeromonas pectinilytica sp. nov. isolated from a freshwater stream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1018-1023. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aeromonas sharmana Saha and Chakrabarti 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudaeromonas Padakandla and Chae 2017. Publication: Padakandla SR, Chae JC. Reclassification of Aeromonas sharmana to a new genus as Pseudaeromonas sharmana gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Pseudaeromonas pectinilytica sp. nov. isolated from a freshwater stream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1018-1023. 🇰🇷
  • 😷 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 3 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudaeromonas Padakandla and Chae 2017

Assigned by: Padakandla SR, Chae JC. Reclassification of Aeromonas sharmana to a new genus as Pseudaeromonas sharmana gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Pseudaeromonas pectinilytica sp. nov. isolated from a freshwater stream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1018-1023. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 795177