Species ***Pseudomonas* *extremaustralis***

Name: Pseudomonas extremaustralis López et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ex.trem.aus.tra’lis. L. sup. masc. adj. extremus, furthest end, utmost point; L. masc./fem. adj. australis, austral, Southern; N.L. fem. adj. extremaustralis, from the extreme South, the region of isolation, i.e. Far Southern Antarctica

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … eks-trem-a͡us-TRA-lis, feminine

Type strain: 14-3; CIP 109839; CT14-3; DSM 17835

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ583501 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lopez NI, Pettinari MJ, Stackebrandt E, Tribelli PM, Potter M, Steinbuchel A, Mendez BS. Pseudomonas extremaustralis sp. nov., a Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) producer isolated from an antarctic environment. Curr Microbiol 2009; 59:514-519. 🇦🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 37 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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.
- 🧍 In the abstract of the effective publication, the strain CT14-3 is cited as 14-3. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lopez NI, Pettinari MJ, Stackebrandt E, Tribelli PM, Potter M, Steinbuchel A, Mendez BS. Pseudomonas extremaustralis sp. nov., a Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) producer isolated from an antarctic environment. Curr Microbiol 2009; 59:514-519. 🇦🇷

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Species Pseudomonas extremaustralis

Species ***Pseudomonas* *extremaustralis***