Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *aurantia***

Name: Pseudoalteromonas aurantia (Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979) Gauthier et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alteromonas aurantia Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: au.ran’ti.a. N.L. fem. adj. aurantia, orange-colored

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

Type strain: 208; ATCC 33046; CIP 104200; DSM 6057; NCIMB 2052; NCMB 2052

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X82135 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 aurantia Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	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 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 5 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.
- 🧍 The strain NCMB 2052, cited in the paper by Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979 as the type strain of Alteromonas aurantia, does not appear in the UKNCC Strain databases or in The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains. Publication: Gauthier MJ, Breittmayer VA. A new antibiotic-producing bacterium from seawater: Alteromonas aurantia sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:366-372.

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 aurantia

Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *aurantia***