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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Pseudomonas furukawaii

Name: Pseudomonas furukawaii Kimura et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.ru.ka.wa’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. furukawaii, of Furukawa named after Kensuke Furukawa, a Japanese microbiologist who notably contributed to the understanding of microbial and molecular biological mechanisms involved in biphenyl/PCB degradation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fu-ru-ka-WA-i-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 10086; KF707; NBRC 110670

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB109887 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kimura N, Watanabe T, Suenaga H, Fujihara H, Futagami T, Goto M, Hanada S, Hirose J. Pseudomonas furukawaii sp. nov., a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium isolated from biphenyl-contaminated soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1429-1435. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kimura N, Watanabe T, Suenaga H, Fujihara H, Futagami T, Goto M, Hanada S, Hirose J. Pseudomonas furukawaii sp. nov., a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium isolated from biphenyl-contaminated soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1429-1435. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 796424
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