Name: "Pseudomonas diazotrophicus" Watanabe et al. 1987
Etymology: di.a.zo.tro’phi.cus. Gr. adv. dis, two, double (also Latin adjective); N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, one that feeds; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, relating to; N.L. masc. adj. diazotrophicus, one that feeds on dinitrogen
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas di-a-zo-TRO-phi-kus, feminine
Nomenclatural type: ATCC 35402; H 8
Original publication:
Watanabe I, So R, Ladha JK, Katayama-Fujimura Y, Kuraishi H. A new nitrogen-fixing species of pseudomonad: Pseudomonas diazotrophicus sp. nov. isolated from the root of wetland rice. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 1987; 33:670-678. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Watanabe I, So R, Ladha JK, Katayama-Fujimura Y, Kuraishi H. A new nitrogen-fixing species of pseudomonad: Pseudomonas diazotrophicus sp. nov. isolated from the root of wetland rice. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 1987; 33:670-678.
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