Name: Cupriavidus Makkar and Casida 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cu.pri.a.vi.dus. L. neut. n. cuprum, copper; L. masc. adj. avidus, eager for, loving; N.L. masc. n. Cupriavidus, lover of copper

Gender: masculine (stem: Cupriavid-)

Type species: Cupriavidus necator Makkar and Casida 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Makkar NS, Casida Jr. LE. Cupriavidus necator gen. nov., sp. nov.: a nonobligate bacterial predator of bacteria in soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:323-326.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Vandamme and Coenye 2004 Vandamme P, Coenye T. Taxonomy of the genus Cupriavidus: a tale of lost and found. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2285-2289. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 8 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cuparividus"; "Cupriadivus"; "Cupriaividus"; "Cuprivadus".
  • 🧔 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 closed meeting by videoconference, 17 July 2019. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3563-3571.
  • 🧔 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.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Arroyo-Herrera et al. (2020). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03816 (N = 4).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 16; DSM: 15; CIP: 12; CCUG: 10; JCM: 8; ATCC: 5; KCTC: 4; NBRC: 3; IFO: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CUAV" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 24

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cupriavidus agavae Arroyo-Herrera et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus alkaliphilus Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus basilensis (Steinle et al. 1999) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus campinensis (Goris et al. 2001) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus cauae Kweon et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cupriavidus eutrophus" Volova et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Cupriavidus gilardii (Coenye et al. 1999) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus lacunae Feng et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus laharis Sato et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cupriavidus malaysiensis" Ramachandran et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Cupriavidus metallidurans (Goris et al. 2001) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus nantongensis Sun et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus necator Makkar and Casida 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Cupriavidus neocaledonicus" Klonowska et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Cupriavidus numazuensis (Kageyama et al. 2005) Martínez-Aguilar et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus oxalaticus (Sahin et al. 2000 ex Khambata and Bhat 1953) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus pampae Cuadrado et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus pauculus (Vandamme et al. 1999) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus pinatubonensis Sato et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus plantarum Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus respiraculi (Coenye et al. 2003) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus taiwanensis (Chen et al. 2001) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cupriavidus yeoncheonense Singh et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Cupriavidus yeoncheonensis corrig. Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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