Name: Paraburkholderia Sawana et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.burk.hol.de’ri.a. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. fem. n. Burkholderia, a genus name; N.L. fem. n. Paraburkholderia, resembling the genus Burkholderia

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Paraburkholderi-), pa-ra-burk-hol-DE-ri-a

Type species: Paraburkholderia graminis (Viallard et al. 1998) Sawana et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016 Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Transfer of eleven species of the genus Burkholderia to the genus Paraburkholderia and proposal of Caballeronia gen. nov. to accommodate twelve species of the genera Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2836-2846. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 5 species from the genus.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 11 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993. Publication: Viallard V, Poirier I, Cournoyer B, Haurat J, Wiebkin S, Ophel-Keller K, Balandreau J. Burkholderia graminis sp. nov., a rhizospheric Burkholderia species, and reassessment of [Pseudomonas] phenazinium, [Pseudomonas] pyrrocinia and [Pseudomonas] glathei as Burkholderia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:549-563. 🇫🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aburkholderia"; "Parabukholderia"; "Paraburholderia"; "Paraburkhleria"; "Paraburkhloderia"; "Paraburkhoderia"; "Paraburkholde"; "Paraburkholeria"; "Paraburkolderia"; "Parabuurkholderia"; "Paraurkholderia".
  • 🧔 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. 🇫🇷
  • 🧔 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: 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: 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: 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 Beukes et al. (2019), Gao et al. (2016), Perin et al. (2006), De Meyer et al. (2018), Aizawa et al. (2010). 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: 83; DSM: 57; CCUG: 27; JCM: 24; KCTC: 20; KACC: 17; NBRC: 17; CIP: 17; ATCC: 11; GDMCC: 8.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 97
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 110
Total number of child taxa: 140

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Paraburkholderia acidicola Rudra and Gupta 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia acidipaludis (Aizawa et al. 2010) Sawana et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia acidiphila Gao et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia acidisoli Gao et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia acidophila" (Imada et al. 1981) Horsman et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    "Paraburkholderia adhaesiva" Guo et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia agricolaris Brock et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia andongensis" Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Paraburkholderia andropogonis (Smith 1911) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia antibiotica Dahal et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia aromaticivorans Lee and Jeon 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia aspalathi (Mavengere et al. 2014) Sawana et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia atlantica" Paulitsch et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia azotifigens Choi and Im 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia bannensis (Aizawa et al. 2011) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia bengalensis" Nag et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Paraburkholderia bonniea" Brock et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia bryophila (Vandamme et al. 2007) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia busanensis" Mannaa et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia caballeronis (Martínez-Aguilar et al. 2014) Sawana et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia caffeinilytica Gao et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia caffeinitolerans Gao et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia caledonica (Coenye et al. 2001) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia calva" Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Paraburkholderia caribensis (Achouak et al. 1999) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia caryophylli (Burkholder 1942) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia caseinilytica Gao et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia choica" (Vandamme et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    Paraburkholderia denitrificans (Lee et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia diazotrophica (Sheu et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia dilworthii (De Meyer et al. 2014) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia dinghuensis Fu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia dioscoreae Herpell et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia dipogonis (Sheu et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia dokdonella" Jung et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym
    "Paraburkholderia dokdonensis" Madhaiyan et al. 2022	not validly published	synonym
    Paraburkholderia domus Vanwijnsberghe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia dryadicola" Danneels et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia eburne (Kang et al. 2014) Sawana et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Paraburkholderia eburnea corrig. (Kang et al. 2014) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia edwinii" Dahlstrom and Newman 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia elongata Wilhelm et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia endofungorum (Partida-Martinez et al. 2007) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia ferrariae (Valverde et al. 2006) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia flagellata" Guo et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia flava Trinh and Kim 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia franconis Paulitsch et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia fungorum (Coenye et al. 2001) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia fynbosensis De Meyer et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia gardini Vanwijnsberghe et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia ginsengisoli (Kim et al. 2006) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia ginsengiterrae (Farh et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia glathei (Zolg and Ottow 1975) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia graminis (Viallard et al. 1998) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia grimmiae (Tian et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia guartelaensis Paulitsch et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia haematera Vanwijnsberghe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia hayleyella" Brock et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia heleia (Aizawa et al. 2010) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia hiiakae Weber and King 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia hispidae" Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Paraburkholderia hospita (Goris et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia humi (Vandamme et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia humisilvae (Lee and Whang 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia insulsa (Rusch et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia jirisanensis (Kim et al. 2016) Dobritsa et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia kirkii" Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Paraburkholderia kirstenboschensis (Steenkamp et al. 2016) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia kururiensis (Zhang et al. 2000) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia lacunae Feng et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia largidicola Yashima et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia lycopersici Tapia-García et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia madseniana Wilhelm et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia megapolitana (Vandamme et al. 2007) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia metalliresistens (Guo et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia metrosideri Weber and King 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia mimosarum (Chen et al. 2006) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia monticola (Baek et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia nemoris Vanwijnsberghe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia nigropunctata" (Van Oevelen et al. 2004) Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Paraburkholderia nodosa (Chen et al. 2007) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia oxyphila (Otsuka et al. 2011) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia pallida Xiao et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia pallidirosea Lv et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia panacihumi Huo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia panacisoli Huo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia panaciterrae (Farh et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia paradisi Weber and King 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia peleae Weber and King 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia petitii" (Lemaire et al. 2011) Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Paraburkholderia phenazinia corrig. (Bell and Turner 1973) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia phenazinium (Bell and Turner 1973) Sawana et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Paraburkholderia phenoliruptrix (Coenye et al. 2005) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia phosphatilytica Gao et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia phymatum (Vandamme et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia phytofirmans (Sessitsch et al. 2005) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia piptadeniae Bournaud et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia podalyriae" Mavima et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia polaris Dahal et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia rhizosphaerae (Lee and Whang 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia rhizoxinica (Partida-Martinez et al. 2007) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia rhynchosiae (De Meyer et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia ribeironis Bournaud et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia rigidae" Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Paraburkholderia sabiae (Chen et al. 2008) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia sacchari (Brämer et al. 2001) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia saeva Vanwijnsberghe et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia sartisoli (Vanlaere et al. 2008) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia schumanniana" corrig. Lemaire et al. 2012	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia schumannianae" Lemaire et al. 2012	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Paraburkholderia sediminicola (Lim et al. 2008) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia sejongensis Oh et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia silvatlantica (Perin et al. 2006) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia silviterrae Xiao et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia soli (Yoo et al. 2007) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia solisilvae (Lee and Whang 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia solitsugae Wilhelm et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia sordidicola (Lim et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Paraburkholderia soutpansbergensis" Danneels et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia sprentiae (De Meyer et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia steynii Beukes et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia strydomiana Beukes et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia suaedae" Park et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Paraburkholderia susongensis (Gu et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia symbiotica (Sheu et al. 2012) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraburkholderia tagetis Chhetri et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia telluris" (Vandamme et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    Paraburkholderia telluris Xiao et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia terrae (Yang et al. 2006) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia terrestris" (Vandamme et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    Paraburkholderia terricola (Goris et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia translucens Oh et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia tropica (Reis et al. 2004) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia tuberum (Vandamme et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraburkholderia udeis" (Vandamme et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    Paraburkholderia ultramafica (Guentas et al. 2019) Gao et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia unamae (Caballero-Mellado et al. 2004) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia xenovorans (Goris et al. 2004) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia youngii Mavima et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraburkholderia zhejiangensis (Lu et al. 2012) Sawana et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: De Meyer SE, Cnockaert M, Moulin L, Howieson JG, Vandamme P. Symbiotic and non-symbiotic Paraburkholderia isolated from South African Lebeckia ambigua root nodules and the description of Paraburkholderia fynbosensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2607-2614. 🇦🇺

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