Species ***Pseudomonas* *aeruginosa***

Name: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schroeter 1872) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium aeruginosum" Schroeter 1872

Etymology: ae.ru.gi.no’sa. L. fem. adj. aeruginosa, full of copper rust, verdigris, hence green

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 10145; ATCC 10145-U; CCEB 481; CCUG 28447; CCUG 29297; CCUG 551; CFBP 2466; CIP 100.720; DSM 50071; IBCS 277; IFO 12689; JCM 5962; LMG 1242; NBIMCC 3732; NBRC 12689; NCCB 76039; NCIB 8295; NCIMB 8; NCIMB 8295; NCTC 10332; NRRL B-771; RH 815; VKM B-588

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X06684 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

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: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacterium aeruginosum" Schroeter 1872	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Emendations:
- Rudra et al. 2022 Rudra B, Duncan L, Shah AJ, Shah HN, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic studies robustly demarcate two distinct clades of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains: proposal to transfer the strains from an outlier clade to a novel species Pseudomonas paraeruginosa sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5542. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5762.

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Migula W. Über ein neues System der Bakterien. Arbeiten aus dem Bakteriologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule zu Karlsruhe 1894; 1:235-238.
- 😷 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 = "default: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; PA01 Xen41: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; strain PAK-J with deletion of exotoxin genes exoS, exoT, exoY: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "T". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Toxigenic". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 9999 times (maxed out) in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- 🧍 See also Kusama (1978). Publication: Kusama H. Serological classification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a slide agglutination test. J Clin Microbiol 1978; 8:181-188.
- 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 36. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 36. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1970; 20:15-16.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

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Species Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Species ***Pseudomonas* *aeruginosa***