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Species Pseudomonas fluorescens

Name: Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: flu.o.res’cens. N.L. fem. part. adj. fluorescens, fluorescing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas flu-o-RES-kens, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13525; CCEB 546; CCUG 1253; CFBP 2102; CIP 69.13; DSM 50090; IFO 14160; JCM 5963; LMG 1794; M. Rhodes 28/5; NBIMCC 8758; NBRC 14160; NCCB 76040; NCIB 9046; NCIMB 9046; NCTC 10038; NRRL B-14678; RH 818; VKM B-894

16S rRNA gene: D84013 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Migula W. Bacteriaceae (Stäbchenbacterien). In: Engler A, Prantl K (eds), Die Natürlichen Pfanzenfamilien Teil I, Abteilung Ia, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1895, p. 20-30.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+, t2, n2". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 6235 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 the species itself.
    • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Pseudomonas fluorescens complex was conducted by Garrido-Sanz et al. (2016). Publication: Garrido-Sanz D, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Martin M, Rivilla R, Redondo-Nieto M. Genomic and Genetic Diversity within the Pseudomonas fluorescens Complex. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150183. 🇪🇸
    • 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 37. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 37. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1970; 20:17-18.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Migula W. Bacteriaceae (Stäbchenbacterien). In: Engler A, Prantl K (eds), Die Natürlichen Pfanzenfamilien Teil I, Abteilung Ia, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1895, p. 20-30.

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Record number: 780019