Species ***Pseudomonas* *anguilliseptica***

Name: Pseudomonas anguilliseptica Wakabayashi and Egusa 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.guil.li.sep.ti.ca. L. fem. n. anguilla, eel; L. fem. adj. septica, producing a putrefaction, putrefying, septic; N.L. fem. adj. anguilliseptica, pertaining to diseased eels

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33660; CCUG 35503; CIP 106711; DSM 12111; NCIMB 1949; NCMB 1949

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021376 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wakabayashi H, Egusa S. Characteristics of a Pseudomonas sp. from an epizootic of pond-cultured eels (Anguilla japonica). Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 1972; 38:577-587.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2023-10-29. 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 32 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wakabayashi H, Egusa S. Characteristics of a Pseudomonas sp. from an epizootic of pond-cultured eels (Anguilla japonica). Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 1972; 38:577-587.

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Species Pseudomonas anguilliseptica

Species ***Pseudomonas* *anguilliseptica***