Species ***Pseudomonas* *arsenicoxydans***

Name: Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans Campos et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.nic.o.xy’dans. N.L. neut. adj. arsenicum, arsenic; N.L. inf. v. oxydare, to oxidize; N.L. fem. part. adj. arsenicoxydans, arsenic-oxidizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ar-se-nik-o-KSY-dans, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 58201; CECT 7543; DSM 27171; VC-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN645213 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Campos VL, Valenzuela C, Yarza P, Kampfer P, Vidal R, Zaror C, Mondaca MA, Lopez-Lopez A, Rossello-Mora R. Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans sp nov., an arsenite-oxidizing strain isolated from the Atacama desert. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:193-197. 🇨🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 137. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Campos VL, Valenzuela C, Yarza P, Kampfer P, Vidal R, Zaror C, Mondaca MA, Lopez-Lopez A, Rossello-Mora R. Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans sp nov., an arsenite-oxidizing strain isolated from the Atacama desert. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:193-197. 🇨🇱

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Record number: 788911

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Species Pseudomonas arsenicoxydans

Species ***Pseudomonas* *arsenicoxydans***