Species Pseudomonas echinoides

Name: Pseudomonas echinoides Heumann 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. echînos, hedgehog, sea-urchin; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. echinoides, prickly, like a hedgehog or a sea-urchin, intended to mean spiny shaped

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14820; ATTC 14820; CCUG 2870; CIP 103301; DSM 1805; DSM 50409; DSM 7240; ICBP 2835; ICPB 2835; IFO 15742; LMG 7462; NBRC 15742; NCIB 9420; NCIMB 9420; NRRL B-3126

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021370 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Heumann W. Die Methodik der Kreuzung Sternbildender Bakterien. Biologisches Zentralblatt 1962; 81:341-354.

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: Sphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Denner et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingomonas echinoides (Heumann 1962) Denner et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas echinoides 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 7 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Heumann W. Die Methodik der Kreuzung Sternbildender Bakterien. Biologisches Zentralblatt 1962; 81:341-354.

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Species Pseudomonas echinoides