Species ***Pseudomonas* *thermotolerans***

Name: Pseudomonas thermotolerans Manaia and Moore 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. thermotolerans, able to tolerate high temperatures

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^her-mo-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: CM3; DSM 14292; LMG 21284; VTT E-032353

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ311980 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Manaia CM, Moore ER. Pseudomonas thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermotolerant species of the genus Pseudomonas sensu stricto. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2203-2209. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Zestomonas thermotolerans (Manaia and Moore 2002) Rudra and Gupta 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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 5 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Manaia CM, Moore ER. Pseudomonas thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermotolerant species of the genus Pseudomonas sensu stricto. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2203-2209. 🇵🇹

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Species Pseudomonas thermotolerans

Species ***Pseudomonas* *thermotolerans***