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Species Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens
Name: Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens (Baumann et al. 1984 ex White 1940) Gauthier et al. 1995
Basonym: Alteromonas nigrifaciens (ex White 1940) Baumann et al. 1984
Etymology: ni.gri.fa’ci.ens. L. adj. niger -gra -grum, black; L. v. facio, to make; N.L. fem. part. adj. nigrifaciens, making black, blackening
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-gri-FA-ki-ens, feminine
Type strain: 217; ATCC 19375; DSM 6063; DSM 8810; IAM 13010; KMM 661; LMG 2227; NCIB 8614; NCIMB 8614; NCTC 10691
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16S rRNA gene:
X82146
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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. 
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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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Alteromonas nigrifaciens (ex White 1940) Baumann et al. 1984
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Alteromonas nigrifaciens (ex White 1940) Baumann et al. 1984 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pseudoalteromonas.
- 😷 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 21 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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.
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🧍 In the paper by Gauthier et al. 1995, Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens is cited as Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens (White) Gauthier et al. 1995.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 Basonym "Pseudomonas nigrifaciens". Publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, A.p (eds), HITCHENS (eds). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.
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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Record number: 779921
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