Species ***Pseudomonas* *viridiflava***

Name: Pseudomonas viridiflava (Burkholder 1930) Dowson 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Phytomonas viridiflava" Burkholder 1930

Etymology: vi.ri.di.fla’va. L. masc./fem. adj. viridis, green; L. masc. adj. flavus, golden yellow, reddish yellow; N.L. fem. adj. viridiflava, greenish yellow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-ri-di-FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13223; CFBP 2107; CIP 106699; DSM 11124; DSM 6694; ICMP 2848; LMG 2352; NCPPB 635; NRRL B-895

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z76671 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dowson WJ. On the systematic position and generic names of the Gram negative bacterial plant pathogens. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1939; 100:177-193.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Phytomonas viridiflava" Burkholder 1930	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PP". — 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 103 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.
- 🧍 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: Dowson WJ. On the systematic position and generic names of the Gram negative bacterial plant pathogens. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1939; 100:177-193.

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Species Pseudomonas viridiflava

Species ***Pseudomonas* *viridiflava***