Name: Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis Chang et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kaoh.si.ung.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kaohsiungensis, of Kaohsiung, referring to Kaohsiung, city in southern Taiwan, origin of the oil-polluted site from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kaoh-si-un͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17375; DSM 17583; J36; LMG 22530

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY650027 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chang JS, Chou CL, Lin GH, Sheu SY, Chen WM. Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis, sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from oil-polluted site produces extracellular surface activity. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:137-144. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.

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 0.10489 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000

Assigned by: Chang JS, Chou CL, Lin GH, Sheu SY, Chen WM. Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis, sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from oil-polluted site produces extracellular surface activity. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:137-144. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 780202