Species Pseudomonas solanacearum

Name: Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith 1896) Smith 1914 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus solanacearum" Smith 1896

Etymology: so.la.na.ce.a’rum. N.L. fem. pl. n. Solanaceae, the nightshade family; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. solanacearum, of the Solanaceae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A. Kelman 60-1; ATCC 11696; CCUG 14272; CFBP 2047; CIP 104762; DSM 9544; ICMP 5712; JCM 10489; K60-1; LMG 2299; NCAIM B.01459; NCPPB 325; NRRL B-3212

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF016361 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Smith EF. Bacteria in relation to plant diseases. Carnegie Institute, Washington, 1914.

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

Correct name: Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus solanacearum" Smith 1896	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Burkholderia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas solanacearum 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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP QUA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2". — 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 182 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smith EF. Bacteria in relation to plant diseases. Carnegie Institute, Washington, 1914.

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Record number: 780129

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