Species Pseudomonas boreopolis

Name: Pseudomonas boreopolis Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.re.o’po.lis. Gr. masc. n. boreas, the north; Gr. fem. n. polis, a city; N.L. fem. n. boreopolis, of North City

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bo-re-O-po-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33662; CCUG 3365; CIP 106717; DSM 19620; JCM 13306; LMG 979; NCIB 9401; NCIMB 9401

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16S rRNA gene: AB021391 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.

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: Xanthomonas boreopolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Fatahi-Bafghi 2025

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Xanthomonas boreopolis" (Gray and Thornton 1928) Tripathi et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Xanthomonas boreopolis (Gray and Thornton 1928) Fatahi-Bafghi 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas boreopolis 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 15 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.
- 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
- 🧍 According to Anzai et al., Pseudomonas boreopolis Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) does not belong to the genus Pseudomonas sensu stricto. Publication: Anzai Y, Kim H, Park JY, Wakabayashi H, Oyaizu H. Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1563-1589. 🇯🇵

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.

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Species Pseudomonas boreopolis