Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *piscicida***

Name: Pseudoalteromonas piscicida (ex Bein 1954) Gauthier et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: pis.ci.ci’da. L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. piscicida, fish killer (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-al-te-RO-mo-nas pis-ki-KI-da, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15057; CIP 103300; JCM 20779; NBRC 103038; NRRL B-3099

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681918 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: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Flavobacterium piscicida" Bein 1954	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Pseudomonas piscicida" (Bein 1954) Buck et al. 1963	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09963 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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 37 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 the species itself.
- 🧍 In the paper by Gauthier et al. 1995 Pseudoalteromonas piscicida is cited as Pseudoalteromonas piscicida comb. nov. 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. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Pseudomonas piscicida". Publication: Mandel M, Weeks OB, Colwell RR. Deoxyribonucleic acid base composition of Pseudomonas piscicida. J Bacteriol 1965; 90:1492-1493.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

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 piscicida

Species ***Pseudoalteromonas* *piscicida***