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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Pseudomonas atacamensis

Name: Pseudomonas atacamensis Poblete-Morales et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ta.ca.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. atacamensis, belonging to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ta-ka-MEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 73898; LMG 31516; M7D1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: SSBS01000008 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Poblete-Morales M, Carvajal D, Almasia R, Michea S, Cantillana C, Levican A, Silva-Moreno E. Pseudomonas atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of desert bloom plant in the region of Atacama, Chile. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1201-1211. 🇨🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Poblete-Morales M, Carvajal D, Almasia R, Michea S, Cantillana C, Levican A, Silva-Moreno E. Pseudomonas atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of desert bloom plant in the region of Atacama, Chile. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1201-1211. 🇨🇱

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Record number: 17613
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