Species ***Pseudomonas* *protegens***

Name: Pseudomonas protegens Ramette et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: prot’e.gens. N.L. fem. part. adj. protegens, protecting, referring to the ability of the organism to protect plants from soil-borne phytopathogens

Pronunciation, gender: PROT-e-gens, feminine

Type strain: CFBP 6595; CHA0; DSM 19095

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ278812 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ramette A, Frapolli M, Fischer-Le Saux M, Gruffaz C, Meyer JM, Defago G, Sutra L, Moenne-Loccoz Y. Pseudomonas protegens sp. nov., widespread plant-protecting bacteria producing the biocontrol compounds 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and pyoluteorin. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:180-188.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 146. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1443-1445.

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 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 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 275 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Pseudomonas fluorescens complex was conducted by Garrido-Sanz et al. (2016). Publication: Garrido-Sanz D, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Martin M, Rivilla R, Redondo-Nieto M. Genomic and Genetic Diversity within the Pseudomonas fluorescens Complex. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150183.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ramette A, Frapolli M, Fischer-Le Saux M, Gruffaz C, Meyer JM, Defago G, Sutra L, Moenne-Loccoz Y. Pseudomonas protegens sp. nov., widespread plant-protecting bacteria producing the biocontrol compounds 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and pyoluteorin. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:180-188.

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Species Pseudomonas protegens

Species ***Pseudomonas* *protegens***