Name: Pseudoxanthomonas suwonensis Weon et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.wo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. suwonensis, pertaining to Suwon region, where the bacterium was first found

Pronunciation, gender: su-wo-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 4M1; DSM 17175; KACC 11320

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY927994 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Kim JS, Lee SY, Cho YH, Go SJ, Hong SB, Im WT, Kwon SW. Pseudoxanthomonas suwonensis sp. nov., isolated from cotton waste composts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:659-662.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.

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 0.09570 (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 7 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: Weon HY, Kim BY, Kim JS, Lee SY, Cho YH, Go SJ, Hong SB, Im WT, Kwon SW. Pseudoxanthomonas suwonensis sp. nov., isolated from cotton waste composts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:659-662.

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Record number: 780206