Name: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Burk.hol.de’ria. L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. fem. n. Burkholderia, named after W. H. Burkholder, the American bacteriologist who first discovered the etiological agent of sour skin of onions

Gender: feminine (stem: Burkholderi-)

Type species: Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981 ex Burkholder 1950) Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Oyaizu H, Yano I, Hotta H, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Arakawa M. Proposal of Burkholderia gen. nov. and transfer of seven species of the genus Pseudomonas homology group II to the new genus, with the type species Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 1992; 36:1251-1275.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 45. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:398-399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Gillis et al. 1995 Gillis M, Van TV, Bardin R, Goor M, Hebbar P, Willems A, Segers P, Kersters K, Heulin T, Fernandez MP. Polyphasic taxonomy in the genus Burkholderia leading to an emended description of the genus and proposition of Burkholderia vietnamiensis sp. nov. for N2-fixing isolates from rice in Vietnam. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:274-289. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
  • Sawana et al. 2014 Sawana A, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures and phylogenomic analysis of the genus Burkholderia: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Burkholderia containing pathogenic organisms and a new genus Paraburkholderia gen. nov. harboring environmental species. Front Genet 2014; 5:429. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 22. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2028-2029.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 50 species from the genus.
  • Dobritsa and Samadpour 2019 Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Reclassification of Burkholderia insecticola as Caballeronia insecticola comb. nov. and reliability of conserved signature indels as molecular synapomorphies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2057-2063. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class II. Betaproteobacteria class. 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Palleroni NJ, Holmes B. Pseudomonas cepacia sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:479-481.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Biukholderia"; "Bukholderia"; "Bukrholderia"; "Bulkholderia"; "Burcholderia"; "Burhkolderia"; "Burholderia"; "Burholdria"; "Burkhalderia"; "Burkhloderia"; "Burkhoderia"; "Burkholdaria"; "Burkholde"; "Burkholdefia"; "Burkholdeia"; "Burkholdena"; "Burkholdera"; "Burkholderiia"; "Burkholderla"; "Burkholderu"; "Burkholdria"; "Burkholeria"; "Burklolderia"; "Burkolderia"; "Burlcholderia"; "Burlholderia"; "Bwkholderia"; "Kholderia".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Lindstrom K, Young JP. International committee on systematics of prokaryotes; subcommittee on the taxonomy of agrobacterium and rhizobium: minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2008, Gent, Belgium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:921-922.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: de Lajudie P, Martinez-Romero E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium Minutes of the meeting, 7 September 2014, Tenerife, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:516-520.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: de Lajudie PM, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee for the Taxonomy of Rhizobium and Agrobacterium Minutes of the meeting, Budapest, 25 August 2016. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2485-2494.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria. Minutes of the closed annual meeting: videoconference on 11 October 2022 followed by online discussion until 31 December 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5856.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria, minutes of the annual meeting by videoconference, 5 July 2021, followed by online discussion until 31 December 2021. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5453.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Lindström K, Martínez-Romero ME. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2005; 55:1383-1383.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria: Minutes of the closed annual meeting, videoconference on 2 October 2023, followed by online discussion until 31 December 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6276.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: E. Lindstroem MM-R. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium: Minutes of the meeting, 26 July 2004, Toulouse, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005; 55:1383-1383.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria: minutes of the 2024 closed annual meeting. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6680.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Perin et al. (2006), De Meyer et al. (2014), Aizawa et al. (2010), Dobritsa and Samadpour (2019), Morales-Ruiz et al. (2022). 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: DSM: 83; CCUG: 72; ATCC: 35; CIP: 35; JCM: 32; CFBP: 21; NBRC: 15; NCTC: 12; KCTC: 11; ICMP: 9.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "sp. A10A02: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; sp. E264: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; sp. PWR070: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; Excluding Burkholderia mallei and pseudomallei: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; sp. strain A396: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "except those listed in Appendix B-III-A (RG3): 2 (formerly Pseudomonas species); default: 2 (formerly Pseudomonas species) except those listed in Appendix B-III-A (RG3)". — 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.
  • 🧍 A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of Burkholderia glathei-like organisms was conducted by Peeters et al. (2016). Publication: Peeters C, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Verheyde B, De Brandt E, Cooper VS, Vandamme P. Phylogenomic Study of Burkholderia glathei-like Organisms, Proposal of 13 Novel Burkholderia Species and Emended Descriptions of Burkholderia sordidicola, Burkholderia zhejiangensis, and Burkholderia grimmiae. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:877.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 36
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 130
Total number of child taxa: 208

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Burkholderia acidipaludis Aizawa et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia aenigmatica Depoorter et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Burkholderia agricolaris" Shu et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia alatipes" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Burkholderia alba" Lee et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia alpina Weber and King 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia ambifaria Coenye et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia amboniana" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia andongensis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia andropogonis (Smith 1911) Gillis et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia anthina Vandamme et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia anthocleistifolia" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia arationis Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia arboris Vanlaere et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia arvi Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia aspalathi Mavengere et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Burkholderia australis" Paungfoo-Lonhienne et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia bannensis Aizawa et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia bidentata" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia bifaria" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia brachyantha" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia brachyanthoides" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Burkholderia brasilensis" Baldani et al. 1997	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia brevipaniculata" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia bryophila Vandamme et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia caballeronis Martínez-Aguilar et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia caledonica Coenye et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia calidae Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia calva" Van Oevelen et al. 2004	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Burkholderia camerunensis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia caribensis Achouak et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia caryophylli (Burkholder 1942) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia catarinensis Bach et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia catophylla" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia catudaia Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia cenocepacia Vandamme et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981 ex Burkholder 1950) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia choica Vandamme et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia cocovenenans (van Damme et al. 1960) Gillis et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Burkholderia cocovenenans (van Damme et al. 1960) Zhao et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia concitans Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia contaminans Vanlaere et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia cooperi" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia cordobensis Draghi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia crenata" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Burkholderia dabaoshanensis" Zhu et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia darwiniana" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia denitrificans Lee et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia diazotrophica Sheu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia diffusa Vanlaere et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia dilworthii De Meyer et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia dipogonis Sheu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia dolosa Vermis et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia eburnea Kang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia edentula" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia endofungorum Partida-Martinez et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia expansissima" corrig. Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia expanssissima" Lemaire et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Burkholderia eylesii" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia ferrariae Valverde et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia fleuryana" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia fortuita Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia fungorum Coenye et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia gardeniifolia" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia ginsengisoli Kim et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia ginsengiterrae Farh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia gladioli (Severini 1913) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia glathei (Zolg and Ottow 1975) Vandamme et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia glathei (Zolg and Ottow 1975) Viallard et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Burkholderia glebae Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia glumae (Kurita and Tabei 1967) Urakami et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia graminis Viallard et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia grimmiae Tian et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia guangdongensis Gao et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia harborii" Verstraete et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not pro-correct name)
    "Burkholderia hayleyella" Shu et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia heleia Aizawa et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia hispidae" Lemaire et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no pro-standing)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia holtzii" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia hospita Goris et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia humi Vandamme et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia humilis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia humisilvae Lee and Whang 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia humptydooensis Tuanyok et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia hypogeia Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia inandensis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia insecticola Takeshita et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia insulsa Rusch et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia jiangsuensis Liu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia jirisanensis Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia kikwitensis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia kimuenzae" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia kirkii" Van Oevelen et al. 2002	not validly published	synonym (and no pro-standing)
    Burkholderia kirstenboschensis Steenkamp et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia konguensis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia kotzei" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia kururiensis Zhang et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia lanceolata" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia lata Vanlaere et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia latens Vanlaere et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia leptophylla" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia letouzeyi" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia lokohensis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia mallei (Zopf 1885) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia mamillata" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia mannii" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia mayonis Hall et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia megalochromosomata Baek et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia megapolitana Vandamme et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia metallica Vanlaere et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia metalliresistens Guo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia mimosarum Chen et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia monticola Baek et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia multivorans Vandamme et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia nigropunctata" Van Oevelen et al. 2004	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Burkholderia nodosa Chen et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia norimbergensis Wittke et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia novacaledonica Guentas et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia oklahomensis Glass et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia orbicola Morales-Ruíz et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia oxyphila Otsuka et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Burkholderia paludis" Ong et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia panaciterrae Farh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia pavettae" corrig. Lemaire et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
    Burkholderia pedi Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia pendulothyrsa" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia peredens Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Burkholderia perseverans" Pereira-Andrade et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia petitii" Lemaire et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Burkholderia phenazinia corrig. (Bell and Turner 1973) Viallard et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia phenazinium (Bell and Turner 1973) Viallard et al. 1998	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Burkholderia phenoliruptrix Coenye et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia phymatum Vandamme et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia phytofirmans Sessitsch et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia pickettii (Ralston et al. 1973) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia plantarii (Azegami et al. 1987) Urakami et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia pseudomallei (Whitmore 1913) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia pseudomultivorans Peeters et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia psychotriae" corrig. Van Oevelen et al. 2004	not validly published	synonym (and no pro-standing)
    Burkholderia ptereochthonis Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia pumila" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia puraquae Martina et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia pyrrocinia (Imanaka et al. 1965) Vandamme et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia pyrrocinia (Imanaka et al. 1965) Viallard et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia recurva" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Burkholderia reimsis" Esmaeel et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia rhizomatosa" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia rhizosphaerae Lee and Whang 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Burkholderia rhizoxina" Scherlach et al. 2006	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Burkholderia rhizoxinica Partida-Martinez et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia rhynchosiae De Meyer et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia rigidae" Lemaire et al. 2012	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Burkholderia rinojensis" Cordova-Kreylos et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia rubiacearum" corrig. Van Oevelen et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name (not pro-correct name)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia rubripilis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia rubristipulata" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia sabiae Chen et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia sacchari Brämer et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia sartisoli Vanlaere et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia savannae Hall et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia schumanniana" corrig. Lemaire et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia schumannianae" Lemaire et al. 2012	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Burkholderia sediminicola Lim et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Burkholderia semiarida" Velez et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia seminalis Vanlaere et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia sericanthae" corrig. Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not pro-correct name)
    "Burkholderia servocepacia" Wallner et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Burkholderia silvatlantica Perin et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia singularis Vandamme et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Burkholderia sola" Velez et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia soli Yoo et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia solisilvae Lee and Whang 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia sordidicola Lim et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia spithamea" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia sprentiae De Meyer et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia stabilis Vandamme et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia stagnalis De Smet et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia subpunctata" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia susongensis Gu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia symbiotica Sheu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia telluris Vandamme et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia temeraria Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia terrae Yang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia terrestris Vandamme et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia terricola Goris et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia territorii De Smet et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia thailandensis Brett et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Burkholderia theae" Dong et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Burkholderia trichardtensis" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia tropica Reis et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Burkholderia tropicalis" Magalhaes Cruz et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Burkholderia tuberum Vandamme et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia turbans Peeters et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia uapacifolia" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia ubonensis corrig. Yabuuchi et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Burkholderia uboniae Yabuuchi et al. 2000	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Burkholderia udeis Vandamme et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia ultramafica Guentas et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia umbellifera" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia unamae Caballero-Mellado et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia vandii Urakami et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Burkholderia vanwykii" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia verschuerenii" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia vietnamiensis Gillis et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Burkholderia virens" Lemaire et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Burkholderia xenovorans Goris et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Burkholderia zhejiangensis Lu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: 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.

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