Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *atlantica***

Name: Pseudoalteromonas atlantica (Akagawa-Matsushita et al. 1992) Gauthier et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alteromonas atlantica Akagawa-Matsushita et al. 1992

Etymology: a.tlan’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. atlantica, pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-al-te-RO-mo-nas a-TLAN-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19262; CIP 104721; DSM 6840; IAM 12927; JCM 8845; NBRC 103033; NCIMB 301; NCMB 301

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16S rRNA gene: AB681913 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gauthier G, Gauthier M, Christen R. Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella, and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:755-761. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alteromonas atlantica Akagawa-Matsushita et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 32 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudoalteromonas Gauthier et al. 1995

Assigned by: Gauthier G, Gauthier M, Christen R. Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella, and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:755-761. 🇫🇷

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Species Pseudoalteromonas atlantica

Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *atlantica***