Name: Pseudoxanthomonas kalamensis Harada et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ka.la.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kalamensis, of Kalama Island, referring to the Hawaiian name for Johnston Atoll, where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ka-la-MEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1031; CIP 108476; DSM 18571; JA40

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY686710 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harada RM, Campbell S, Li QX. Pseudoxanthomonas kalamensis sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from Johnston Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1103-1107. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02072 (N = 11).
  • 😷 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 3 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000

Assigned by: Harada RM, Campbell S, Li QX. Pseudoxanthomonas kalamensis sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from Johnston Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1103-1107. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 784740