Name: Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana Thierry et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.xi.ca’na. N.L. fem. adj. mexicana, pertaining to Mexico, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AMX 26B; ATCC 700993; ATCC 700999; CCUG 49454; CIP 106674; DSM 17121; JCM 11524; NBRC 101034

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF273082 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thierry S, Macarie H, Iizuka T, Geissdorfer W, Assih EA, Spanevello M, Verhe F, Thomas P, Fudou R, Monroy O, et al. Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana sp. nov. and Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis sp. nov., isolated from diverse environments, and emended descriptions of the genus Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000 and of its type species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2245-2255.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01695 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the protologue, the type strain ATCC 700993 is erroneously cited as ATCC 700999. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005; 55:545.

Parent taxon: Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000

Assigned by: Thierry S, Macarie H, Iizuka T, Geissdorfer W, Assih EA, Spanevello M, Verhe F, Thomas P, Fudou R, Monroy O, et al. Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana sp. nov. and Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis sp. nov., isolated from diverse environments, and emended descriptions of the genus Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000 and of its type species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2245-2255.

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Record number: 780204