Name: Ralstonia Yabuuchi et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ral.sto’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Ralstonia, named after E. Ralston, the American bacteriologist who first described Pseudomonas pickettii

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Ralstoni-), ral-STO-ni-a

Type species: Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston et al. 1973) Yabuuchi et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Yano I, Hotta H, Nishiuchi Y. Transfer of two Burkholderia and an Alcaligenes species to Ralstonia gen. Nov.: Proposal of Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston, Palleroni and Doudoroff 1973) comb. Nov., Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) comb. Nov. and Ralstonia eutropha (Davis 1969) comb. Nov. Microbiol Immunol 1995; 39:897-904. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Ralstoniaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993. 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. 🇯🇵
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ralston E, Palleroni NJ, Dodoroff M. Pseudomonas pickettii, a new species of clinical origin related to Pseudomonas solanacearum. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:15-19.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rabtonia"; "Raistonia"; "Ralostonia"; "Ralsonia"; "Ralsotnia"; "Ralsthonia"; "Ralstollia"; "Ralstoma"; "Ralstsonia"; "Rastomia"; "Rastonia"; "Rdstonia"; "Rulstonia".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lu et al. (2023), Coenye et al. (2003), Yabuuchi et al. (1995). 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: 26; CCUG: 26; DSM: 16; JCM: 15; ATCC: 9; CIP: 8; NBRC: 5; GDMCC: 5; NCIMB: 4; NCPPB: 4.
  • 😷 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". — 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 27
Total number of child taxa: 30

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ralstonia basilensis Steinle et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia campinensis Goris et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia chuxiongensis Lu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia condita Steyaert et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia edaphi corrig. Steyaert et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia edaphis Steyaert et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Ralstonia eutropha (Davis 1969) Yabuuchi et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia flaminis Steyaert et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia flatus Steyaert et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia gilardii Coenye et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia holmesii Steyaert et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia insidiosa Coenye et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia mannitolilytica corrig. De Baere et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia mannitolytica De Baere et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Ralstonia metallidurans Goris et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia mojiangensis Lu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia nicotianae Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia oxalatica corrig. (ex Khambata and Bhat 1953) Sahin et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia oxalaticus (ex Khambata and Bhat 1953) Sahin et al. 2000	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Ralstonia paucula Vandamme et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston et al. 1973) Yabuuchi et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia psammae Steyaert et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum Safni et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia respiraculi Coenye et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia soli Lu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia syzygii (Roberts et al. 1990) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia taiwanensis Chen et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Ralstonia thomasii Steyaert et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ralstonia wenshanensis Lu et al. 2022	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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