Species ***Pseudomonas* *avellanae***

Name: Pseudomonas avellanae Janse et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.vel.la.nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. avellanae, of avellana, the species name of the host, Corylus avellana (hazlnut)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BPIC 631; CIP 105176; DSM 11809; F11; JCM 11937; NCPPB 3487

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16S rRNA gene: ATDK01000097 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Janse JD, Rossi P, Angelucci L, Scortichini M, Derks JHJ, Akkermans ADL, De Vrijer R, Psallidas PG. Reclassification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. avellanae as Pseudomonas avellanae (spec. nov.), the bacterium causing canker of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1996; 19:589-595.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 61. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:601-602.

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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p". — 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 12 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Pseudomonas syringae van Hall 1902 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Van Hall CJJ. Bijdragen tot de kennis der Bakterieele Plantenziekten. Inaugural Dissertation Amsterdam. Cooperatieve drukkerij-vereeniging "Plantijn", Amsterdam, 1902. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 Formerly Pseudomonas syringae pv. avellanae. — 🧍 Pseudomonas avellanae was previously known as Pseudomonas syringae pv. Avellanae. Publication: Van Hall CJJ. Bijdragen tot de kennis der Bakterieele Plantenziekten. Inaugural Dissertation Amsterdam. Cooperatieve drukkerij-vereeniging "Plantijn", Amsterdam, 1902.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Janse JD, Rossi P, Angelucci L, Scortichini M, Derks JHJ, Akkermans ADL, De Vrijer R, Psallidas PG. Reclassification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. avellanae as Pseudomonas avellanae (spec. nov.), the bacterium causing canker of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1996; 19:589-595.

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Species Pseudomonas avellanae

Species ***Pseudomonas* *avellanae***