Species ***Pseudomonas* *azotoformans***

Name: Pseudomonas azotoformans Iizuka and Komagata 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.zo.to.for’mans. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; L. v. formo, to fashion, to form; N.L. fem. part. adj. azotoformans, nitrogen forming (by denitrification)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 12536; CIP 106744; DSM 18862; IAM 1603; IFO 12693; JCM 2777; NBRC 12693

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16S rRNA gene: D84009 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Iizuka H, Komagata K. New species of Pseudomonas belonged to fluorescent group (Studies on the microorganisms of cereal grains. Part V). Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1963; 37:137-141.

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: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 54 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: Iizuka H, Komagata K. New species of Pseudomonas belonged to fluorescent group (Studies on the microorganisms of cereal grains. Part V). Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1963; 37:137-141.

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Record number: 784712

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Species Pseudomonas azotoformans

Species ***Pseudomonas* *azotoformans***