Name: Ralstonia insidiosa Coenye et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.si.di.o’sa. L. fem. adj. insidiosa, deceitful, dangerous, referring to the fact that these seemingly harmless environmental organisms can be isolated from, and possibly cause infection in, humans

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AU2944; CCUG 46789; DSM 17714; LMG 21421

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF488779 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coenye T, Goris J, De Vos P, Vandamme P, LiPuma JJ. Classification of Ralstonia pickettii-like isolates from the environment and clinical samples as Ralstonia insidiosa sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1075-1080.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Vaneechoutte et al. 2004 Vaneechoutte M, Kampfer P, De Baere T, Falsen E, Verschraegen G. Wautersia gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Ralstonia eutropha and related species, and proposal of Ralstonia [Pseudomonas] syzygii (Roberts et al. 1990) comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:317-327. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 33 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ralstonia Yabuuchi et al. 1996

Assigned by: Coenye T, Goris J, De Vos P, Vandamme P, LiPuma JJ. Classification of Ralstonia pickettii-like isolates from the environment and clinical samples as Ralstonia insidiosa sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1075-1080.

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