Species Pseudomonas formosensis

Name: Pseudomonas formosensis Lin et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mo.sen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. formosensis, of or pertaining to Formosa (Taiwan), the beautiful island

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas for-mo-SEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80437; CC-CY503; JCM 18415

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16S rRNA gene: JF432053 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Young CC. Pseudomonas formosensis sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacteria isolated from food-waste compost in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3168-3174. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Halopseudomonas formosensis (Lin et al. 2013) Rudra and Gupta 2021

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Neopseudomonas formosensis (Lin et al. 2013) Saati-Santamaría et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Halopseudomonas formosensis (Lin et al. 2013) Rudra and Gupta 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Pseudomonas formosensis 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Young CC. Pseudomonas formosensis sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacteria isolated from food-waste compost in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3168-3174. 🇹🇼

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Species Pseudomonas formosensis