Species Pseudomonas pseudomallei

Name: Pseudomonas pseudomallei (Whitmore 1913) Haynes 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus pseudomallei" Whitmore 1913

Etymology: pseu.do.mal’le.i. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. masc. n. malleus, a hammer, maul, the disease of glanders, and also a specific epithet; N.L. gen. masc. n. pseudomallei, of false glanders, the false (Pseudomonas) mallei

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pse͡u-do-MAL-le-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23343; NCTC 12939; WRAIR 286

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16S rRNA gene: KU749983 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Haynes WC. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula 1894. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 89-152.

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: Burkholderia pseudomallei (Whitmore 1913) Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Malleomyces pseudomallei" (Whitmore 1913) Breed 1948	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Bacillus pseudomallei" Whitmore 1913	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Burkholderia pseudomallei (Whitmore 1913) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas pseudomallei 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 = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: Yes - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 3". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "P620 = v, P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — 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 370 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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: Haynes WC. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula 1894. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 89-152.

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Species Pseudomonas pseudomallei