Species Pseudomonas paucimobilis

Name: Pseudomonas paucimobilis Holmes et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.mo.bi.lis. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, mobile; N.L. fem. adj. paucimobilis, intended to mean few motile cells

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29837; CCUG 31192; CCUG 6518; CIP 100752; DSM 1098; GIFU 2395; HAMBI 1744; IFO 13935; JCM 7516; LMG 1227; NBRC 13935; NCAIM B.01654; NCTC 11030; VKM B-2241

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16S rRNA gene: D16144 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Evans A, Malnick H, Willcox WR. Pseudomonas paucimobilis, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens, the hospital environment, and other sources. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:133-146.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Sphingomonas paucimobilis (Holmes et al. 1977) Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingomonas paucimobilis (Holmes et al. 1977) Yabuuchi et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Yabuuchi et al. (1979), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus devorans" Zimmermann 1890 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Yabuuchi E, Tanimura E, Ohyama A, Yano I, Yamamoto A. Flavobacterium devorans ATCC 10829: A strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1979; 25:95-107.
- ⏰ According to Yabuuchi et al. (1979), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Flavobacterium devorans (Zimmermann 1890) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Yabuuchi E, Tanimura E, Ohyama A, Yano I, Yamamoto A. Flavobacterium devorans ATCC 10829: A strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1979; 25:95-107.
- ❗ Pseudomonas paucimobilis 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 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 2023-10-29. 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 106 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙅 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Evans A, Malnick H, Willcox WR. Pseudomonas paucimobilis, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens, the hospital environment, and other sources. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:133-146.

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Species Pseudomonas paucimobilis