Name: Pseudoxanthomonas taiwanensis Chen et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tai.wa.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. taiwanensis, of Taiwan, referring to where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: tai-wa-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-404; BCRC 17172; CB 226; CCRC 17172; CCUG 48041; DSM 22914; NBRC 101072

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16S rRNA gene: AF427039 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen MY, Tsay SS, Chen KY, Shi YC, Lin YT, Lin GH. Pseudoxanthomonas taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, N2O-producing species isolated from hot springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2155-2161.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

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 0.07438 (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 18 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: Chen MY, Tsay SS, Chen KY, Shi YC, Lin YT, Lin GH. Pseudoxanthomonas taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, N2O-producing species isolated from hot springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2155-2161.

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Record number: 784741