Species Pseudomonas acidovorans

Name: Pseudomonas acidovorans den Dooren de Jong 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.do’vo.rans. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. adj. acidus -a -um, sour; L. v. voro, to eat, to devour; N.L. fem. part. adj. acidovorans, acid devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ki-DO-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: ACM 489; ATCC 15668; CCUG 12692; CCUG 14481; CFBP 2444; CIP 103021; den Dooren de Jong 7; DSM 39; IAM 12409; IFO 14950; JCM 5833; JCM 6203; KS 0057; LMG 1226; LMG 6031; NBRC 14950; NCCB 26037; NCIB 9681; NCIMB 9681; NCTC 10683; Stanier 14

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16S rRNA gene: AB021417 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Den Dooren De Jong LE. Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Mineralisatieproces. Thesis. Technische Hogeschool, Delft, 1926.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Delftia acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Wen et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Delftia acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Wen et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Comamonas acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Tamaoka et al. 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas acidovorans 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 Pseudomonas.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 94 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Den Dooren De Jong LE. Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Mineralisatieproces. Thesis. Technische Hogeschool, Delft, 1926.

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Species Pseudomonas acidovorans