Species Pseudomonas litoralis

Name: Pseudomonas litoralis Pascual et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … li-to-RA-lis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 7670; DSM 26168; KCTC 23093; strain 2SM5

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16S rRNA gene: FN908483 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pascual J, Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Giordano A, Gambacorta A, Garay E, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ, Macian MC. Pseudomonas litoralis sp. nov., isolated from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:438-444. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Halopseudomonas litoralis (Pascual et al. 2012) Rudra and Gupta 2021

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Halopseudomonas litoralis (Pascual et al. 2012) Rudra and Gupta 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Neopseudomonas litoralis (Pascual et al. 2012) Saati-Santamaría et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas litoralis 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 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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: Pascual J, Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Giordano A, Gambacorta A, Garay E, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ, Macian MC. Pseudomonas litoralis sp. nov., isolated from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:438-444. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 789683

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Species Pseudomonas litoralis