Name: Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans Kämpfer et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.cy.lat.ox’i.dans. N.L. part. adj. salicylatoxidans, oxidizing salicylate, because the organism oxidizes salicylate in an unusual manner

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BN12; CIP 106963; DSM 6986

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF072542 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Muller C, Mau M, Neef A, Auling G, Busse HJ, Osborn AM, Stolz A. Description of Pseudaminobacter gen. nov. with two new species, Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans sp. nov. and Pseudaminobacter defluvii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:887-897.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudaminobacter Kämpfer et al. 1999. Publication: Kampfer P, Muller C, Mau M, Neef A, Auling G, Busse HJ, Osborn AM, Stolz A. Description of Pseudaminobacter gen. nov. with two new species, Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans sp. nov. and Pseudaminobacter defluvii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:887-897.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 30 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudaminobacter Kämpfer et al. 1999

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Muller C, Mau M, Neef A, Auling G, Busse HJ, Osborn AM, Stolz A. Description of Pseudaminobacter gen. nov. with two new species, Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans sp. nov. and Pseudaminobacter defluvii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:887-897.

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