Name: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Burk.hol.de.ria’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Burkholderia, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Burkholderiaceae, the Burkholderia family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Effective publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Burkholderiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 575.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chitinimonadaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Burkhoderiaceae"; "Burkholdriaceae"; "Burkholeriaceae"; "Burkoholderiaceae"; "Burkolderiaceae".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: de Lajudie P, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria Minutes of the meeting by video conference, 11 July 2018. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1835-1840.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dobritsa and Samadpour (2019). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 300; DSM: 245; CCUG: 182; JCM: 112; CIP: 110; ATCC: 81; KCTC: 51; NBRC: 50; CFBP: 34; NCTC: 18.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 24
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 24
Total number of child taxa: 29

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aphodousia" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caballeronia Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Caenibaculum" Wang et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Chitinasiproducens Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chitinimonas Chang et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus Makkar and Casida 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ephemeroptericola Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Formosimonas Chen et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hydromonas Vaz-Moreira et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lautropia Gerner-Smidt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mycetohabitans Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mycoavidus Ohshima et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pandoraea Coenye et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pararobbsia Lin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucimonas Jendrossek 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Protistibacter" corrig. Vannini et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Protistobacter" Vannini et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Quisquiliibacterium Felföldi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia Yabuuchi et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Robbsia Lopes-Santos et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermothrix Caldwell et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trinickia Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Wautersia Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Xiphinematincola" Palomares-Rius et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Zeimonas Lin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order I. Burkholderiales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 575.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/burkholderiaceaeCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 251