Species Pseudomonas beteli

Name: Pseudomonas beteli corrig. (Ragunathan 1928) Savulescu 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium betle" Ragunathan 1928

Etymology: be.tel’i. N.L. neut. n. betelum, betel (from Malayan noun betle); N.L. gen. neut. n. beteli, of betel

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19861; CFBP 4337; DSM 21257; ICMP 2820; LMG 978; NCPPB 323

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16S rRNA gene: AB021406 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Savulescu T. Contribution à la classification des bacteriacées phytopathogènes. Analele Academiei Romane Series III, Tom 22, Memoire 1947; 4:1-26.

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: Stenotrophomonas beteli (Ragunathan 1928) Nguyen et al. 2024

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Stenotrophomonas beteli (Ragunathan 1928) Nguyen et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pseudomonas betle (Ragunathan 1928) Savulescu 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
"Bacterium betle" Ragunathan 1928	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Van den Mooter and Swings (1990), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas maltophilia (ex Hugh and Ryschenkow 1961) Hugh 1981 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Van den Mooter M, Swings J. Numerical analysis of 295 phenotypic features of 266 Xanthomonas strains and related strains and an improved taxonomy of the genus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:348-369.
- ⏲ According to Van den Mooter and Swings (1990), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Hugh 1981 ex Hugh and Ryschenkow 1961) Palleroni and Bradbury 1993 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Van den Mooter M, Swings J. Numerical analysis of 295 phenotypic features of 266 Xanthomonas strains and related strains and an improved taxonomy of the genus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:348-369.
- ⏲ According to Van den Mooter and Swings (1990), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Xanthomonas maltophilia (Hugh 1981 ex Hugh and Ryschenkow 1961) Swings et al. 1983 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Van den Mooter M, Swings J. Numerical analysis of 295 phenotypic features of 266 Xanthomonas strains and related strains and an improved taxonomy of the genus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:348-369.
- ❗ Pseudomonas beteli 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 11 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 the species itself.
- 🧍 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.
- 🧍 In Kilian's opinion [1] the change of the well-established name Pseudomonas betle may be a source of confusion. So, with reference to the first Principle of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), Kilian requested that the original name Pseudomonas betle be conserved [2]. The Judicial Commission denied this request, and no Opinion will be issued upon this request [3]. Publication: Kilian M. Necessary changes of bacterial names? ASM News 1998; 64:670.
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, betle (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Savulescu T. Contribution à la classification des bacteriacées phytopathogènes. Analele Academiei Romane Series III, Tom 22, Memoire 1947; 4:1-26.

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Species Pseudomonas beteli