Name: Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum Safni et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pseu.do.so.la.na.ce.a’rum. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. solanacearum, a bacterial specific epithet; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. pseudosolanacearum, false solanacearum, referring to Ralstonia solanacearum

Gender: feminine

Type strain: LMG 9673; NCPPB 10229; NCPPB 1029; UQRS 461

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16S rRNA gene: KC757037 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Safni I, Cleenwerck I, De Vos P, Fegan M, Sly L, Kappler U. Polyphasic taxonomic revision of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex: proposal to emend the descriptions of Ralstonia solanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii and reclassify current R. syzygii strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. syzygii subsp. nov., R. solanacearum phylotype IV strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis subsp. nov., banana blood disease bacterium strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis subsp. nov. and R. solanacearum phylotype I and III strains as Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3087-3103.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 81 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ralstonia Yabuuchi et al. 1996

Assigned by: Safni I, Cleenwerck I, De Vos P, Fegan M, Sly L, Kappler U. Polyphasic taxonomic revision of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex: proposal to emend the descriptions of Ralstonia solanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii and reclassify current R. syzygii strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. syzygii subsp. nov., R. solanacearum phylotype IV strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis subsp. nov., banana blood disease bacterium strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis subsp. nov. and R. solanacearum phylotype I and III strains as Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3087-3103.

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