Species ***Pseudomonas* *mediterranea***

Name: Pseudomonas mediterranea Catara et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.ter.ra’ne.a. L. fem. adj. mediterranea, mediterranean, referring to the fact that most strains of this species were isolated in Mediterranean countries

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas me-di-ter-RA-ne-a, feminine

Type strain: CFBP 5447; DSM 16733; ICMP 14184

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF386080 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Catara V, Sutra L, Morineau A, Achouak W, Christen R, Gardan L. Phenotypic and genomic evidence for the revision of Pseudomonas corrugata and proposal of Pseudomonas mediterranea sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1749-1758. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

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 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p". — 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 25 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Pseudomonas corrugata Roberts and Scarlett 1981. Publication: Scarlett CM, Fletcher JT, Roberts P, Lelliott RA. Tomato pith necrosis caused by Pseudomonas corrugata n. sp. Ann. Appl. Biol. 1978; 88:105-114. Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 Pseudomonas mediterranea Catara et al. 2002 was previously known as Pseudomonas corrugata phenon B. Publication: Scarlett CM, Fletcher JT, Roberts P, Lelliott RA. Tomato pith necrosis caused by Pseudomonas corrugata n. sp. Ann. Appl. Biol. 1978; 88:105-114.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Catara V, Sutra L, Morineau A, Achouak W, Christen R, Gardan L. Phenotypic and genomic evidence for the revision of Pseudomonas corrugata and proposal of Pseudomonas mediterranea sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1749-1758. 🇮🇹

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Species Pseudomonas mediterranea

Species ***Pseudomonas* *mediterranea***