Species ***Pseudomonas* *mendocina***

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Gammaproteobacteria Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas Pseudomonas mendocina

Name: Pseudomonas mendocina Palleroni 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: men.do.ci’na. N.L. fem. adj. mendocina, pertaining to Mendoza (Argentina)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas men-do-KI-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25411; CCUG 1781; CECT 320; CFBP 2434; CH 50; CIP 75.21; DSM 50017; IFO 14162; JCM 5966; LMG 1223; NBRC 14162; NCCB 76043; NCTC 10897; VKM B-972; VTT E-99945

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D84016 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Palleroni NJ, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY, Solanes RE, Mandel M. Taxonomy of the aerobic pseudomonads: the properties of the Pseudomonas stutzeri group. J Gen Microbiol 1970; 60:215-231.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Ectopseudomonas mendocina (Palleroni 1970) Rudra and Gupta 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Palleroni) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Palleroni et al.).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 288 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Pseudomonas stutzeri (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Sijderius 1946 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sijderius R. Heterotrophe bacterien, die thiosulfaat oxydeeren. Thesis University Amsterdam. Kluwer, Deventer, 1946. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 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. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Palleroni NJ, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY, Solanes RE, Mandel M. Taxonomy of the aerobic pseudomonads: the properties of the Pseudomonas stutzeri group. J Gen Microbiol 1970; 60:215-231.

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