Name: Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. piscium Burr et al. 2010

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: pis’ci.um. L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; L. gen. masc. pl. n. piscium, of/from fishes

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas k^hlo-RO-ra-p^his PIS-ki-um, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21509; JF3835; NCIMB 14478

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16S rRNA gene: FJ168539 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Burr SE, Gobeli S, Kuhnert P, Goldschmidt-Clermont E, Frey J. Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. piscium subsp. nov., isolated from freshwater fish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2753-2757. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudomonas piscium" (Burr et al. 2010) Chen et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas chlororaphis (Guignard and Sauvageau 1894) Bergey et al. 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Burr SE, Gobeli S, Kuhnert P, Goldschmidt-Clermont E, Frey J. Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. piscium subsp. nov., isolated from freshwater fish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2753-2757. 🇨🇭

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