Species Pseudomonas aurantiaca

Name: Pseudomonas aurantiaca Nakhimovskaya 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.ca. N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange colored

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-TI-a-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33663; CIP 106718; DSM 19603; NCIB 10068; NCIMB 10068; VKM B-876

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN307296 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nakhimovskaya MI. Pseudomonas aurantiaca n. sp. Mikrobiologiya 1948; 17:58-65.

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: Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca (Nakhimovskaya 1948) Peix et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca (Nakhimovskaya 1948) Peix et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas aurantiaca 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 53 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nakhimovskaya MI. Pseudomonas aurantiaca n. sp. Mikrobiologiya 1948; 17:58-65.

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Record number: 784709

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