Name: Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans Siddiqi and Im 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.se.no.si.di.mu’tans. N.L. neut. n. ginsenosidum, ginsenoside; L. pres. part. mutans, transforming, converting; N.L. part. adj. ginsenosidimutans, ginsenoside-converting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18116; Gsoil 221; KACC 14278

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ339899 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Siddiqi MZ, Im WT. Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from ginseng cultivating soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3449-3455.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoflavitalea ginsenosidimutans (Siddiqi and Im 2016) Lawson et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudobacter Siddiqi and Im 2016. Publication: Siddiqi MZ, Im WT. Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from ginseng cultivating soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3449-3455.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudobacter Siddiqi and Im 2016

Assigned by: Siddiqi MZ, Im WT. Pseudobacter ginsenosidimutans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from ginseng cultivating soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3449-3455.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/pseudobacter-ginsenosidimutansCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 794451