Species Pseudomonas diminuta

Name: Pseudomonas diminuta Leifson and Hugh 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.mi.nu’ta. L. masc. perf. part. minutus, small; L. fem. part. adj. diminuta, defective, minute

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AJ 2067; ATCC 11568; BCRC 11894; CCEB 513; CCRC 11894; CCUG 1187; CCUG 1427; CGMCC 1.1798; CIP 63.27; DSM 7234; IAM 12691; IFO 12697; JCM 2788; LMG 1793; LMG 2089; NBRC 12697; NCAIM B.01118; NCCB 76050; NCIB 9393; NCIMB 9393; NCTC 8545; VKM B-1297

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16S rRNA gene: AB021415 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leifson E, Hugh R. A new type of polar monotrichous flagellation. J Gen Microbiol 1954; 10:68-70.

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: Brevundimonas diminuta (Leifson and Hugh 1954) Segers et al. 1994

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Brevundimonas diminuta (Leifson and Hugh 1954) Segers et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas diminuta 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 = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 143 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leifson E, Hugh R. A new type of polar monotrichous flagellation. J Gen Microbiol 1954; 10:68-70.

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Record number: 780007

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