Name: Pseudoxanthomonas sacheonensis Lee et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.che.o.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. sacheonensis, pertaining to Sacheon, Korea, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: sa-k^he-o-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BD-c54; DSM 19373; KCTC 22080

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF575564 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee DS, Ryu SH, Hwang HW, Kim YJ, Park M, Lee JR, Lee SS, Jeon CO. Pseudoxanthomonas sacheonensis sp. nov., isolated from BTEX-contaminated soil in Korea, transfer of Stenotrophomonas dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006 to the genus Pseudoxanthomonas as Pseudoxanthomonas dokdonensis comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pseudoxanthomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2235-2240.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

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 0.00515 (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 2 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: Lee DS, Ryu SH, Hwang HW, Kim YJ, Park M, Lee JR, Lee SS, Jeon CO. Pseudoxanthomonas sacheonensis sp. nov., isolated from BTEX-contaminated soil in Korea, transfer of Stenotrophomonas dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006 to the genus Pseudoxanthomonas as Pseudoxanthomonas dokdonensis comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Pseudoxanthomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2235-2240.

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Record number: 787541