Name: Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis Bernard et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: win.ni.pe.gen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. winnipegensis, pertaining to Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, a traditional homeland for Treaty One Indigenous and Métis Nations and where strains of this species were extensively characterized

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-xan-T^HO-mo-nas win-ni-pe-GEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: LMG 31624; NCTC 14396; NML 130738

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16S rRNA gene: MH795530 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bernard KA, Vachon A, Pacheco AL, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Beniac DR, Hiebert SL, Booth T, Doyle DA, Lawson P, et al. Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis sp. nov., derived from human clinical materials and recovered from cystic fibrosis and other patient types in Canada, and emendation of Pseudoxanthomonas spadix Young et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6313-6322. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Pseudoxanthomonas Finkmann et al. 2000

Assigned by: Bernard KA, Vachon A, Pacheco AL, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Beniac DR, Hiebert SL, Booth T, Doyle DA, Lawson P, et al. Pseudoxanthomonas winnipegensis sp. nov., derived from human clinical materials and recovered from cystic fibrosis and other patient types in Canada, and emendation of Pseudoxanthomonas spadix Young et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6313-6322. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 14663