Species ***Xanthomonas* *vesicatoria***

Name: Xanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge 1920) Vauterin et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ve.si.ca.to’ri.a. L. fem. n. vesica, the bladder, a bladder-like tumor, a blister; N.L. fem. adj. vesicatoria, causing a blister

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: xan-T^HO-mo-nas we-si-ka-TO-ri-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35937; CFBP 2537; DSM 22252; ICMP 63; LMG 911; NBIMCC 2427; NCPPB 422

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16S rRNA gene: Y10761 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vauterin L, Hoste B, Kersters K, Swings J. Reclassification of Xanthomonas. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:472-489. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PP". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2". — 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 69 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 risk group of other species in the genus.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 Xanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge 1920) Vauterin et al. 1995 includes the strains of the former taxon Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria type B. Publication: Dowson WJ. On the systematic position and generic names of the Gram negative bacterial plant pathogens. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1939; 100:177-193.

Parent taxon: Xanthomonas Dowson 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vauterin L, Hoste B, Kersters K, Swings J. Reclassification of Xanthomonas. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:472-489. 🇧🇪

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Species Xanthomonas vesicatoria

Species ***Xanthomonas* *vesicatoria***