Species "Pseudomonas piscicida"

Name: "Pseudomonas piscicida" (Bein 1954) Buck et al. 1963

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Flavobacterium piscicida" Bein 1954

Etymology: pis.ci.ci’da. L. masc. n. suff. -cida, killer; N.L. masc. n. piscicida, fish-killer (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas pis-ki-KI-da, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15057; CIP 103300; JCM 20779; NBRC 103038; NRRL B-3099

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681918 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Buck JD, Meyers SP, Leifson E. PSEUDOMONAS (FLAVOBACTERIUM) PISCICIDA BEIN COMB. NOV. J Bacteriol 1963; 86:1125-1126.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pseudoalteromonas piscicida (ex Bein 1954) Gauthier et al. 1995

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Flavobacterium piscicida" Bein 1954	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Pseudoalteromonas piscicida (ex Bein 1954) Gauthier et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Buck JD, Meyers SP, Leifson E. PSEUDOMONAS (FLAVOBACTERIUM) PISCICIDA BEIN COMB. NOV. J Bacteriol 1963; 86:1125-1126.

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Record number: 24329

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