Species Pseudomonas pictorum

Name: Pseudomonas pictorum Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pic.to’rum. L. gen. masc. pl. n. pictorum, of painters, here, intended to mean of the Picts, named after the Picts, a scottish tribe

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas pik-TO-rum, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23328; CCM 284; CCUG 1823; CCUG 3368; CIP 103273; DSM 19282; JCM 9942; LMG 981; NCIB 9152; NCIMB 9152; NRRL B-2543; VKM 1240; VKM B-1240

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021392 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.

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: Stenotrophomonas pictorum (Gray and Thornton 1928) Ouattara et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Stenotrophomonas pictorum (Gray and Thornton 1928) Ouattara et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Parastenotrophomonas pictorum" (Gray and Thornton 1928) Chauviat et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas pictorum 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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 genus.
- 🧍 According to Anzai et al., Pseudomonas pictorum Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) does not belong to the genus Pseudomonas sensu stricto. Publication: Anzai Y, Kim H, Park JY, Wakabayashi H, Oyaizu H. Phylogenetic affiliation of the pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA sequence. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1563-1589. 🇯🇵

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gray PHH, Thornton HG. Soil bacteria that decompose certain aromatic compounds. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1928; 73:74-96.

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Species Pseudomonas pictorum