Name: Wautersia Vaneechoutte et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Waut.ers’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Wautersia, named in honour of the Belgian microbiologist Georges Wauters

Gender: feminine (stem: Wautersi-)

Type species: Wautersia eutropha (Davis 1969) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaneechoutte M, Kampfer P, De Baere T, Falsen E, Verschraegen G. Wautersia gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Ralstonia eutropha and related species, and proposal of Ralstonia [Pseudomonas] syzygii (Roberts et al. 1990) comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:317-327.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Davis DH, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY, Mandel M. Proposal to reject the genus Hydrogenomonas: taxonomic implications. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1969; 19:375-390.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Ralstonia Yabuuchi et al. 1996. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Wausteria".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 11; CCUG: 9; CIP: 8; ATCC: 5; JCM: 5; NBRC: 5; NRRL: 2; IFO: 1; NCCB: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • 🧍 Wautersia is a N.L. fem. n., not a L. fem. n. as cited in the paper by Vaneechoutte et al. 2004. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Wautersia basilensis (Steinle et al. 1999) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia campinensis (Goris et al. 2001) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia eutropha (Davis 1969) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Wautersia gilardii (Coenye et al. 1999) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia metallidurans (Goris et al. 2001) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia numadzuensis Kageyama et al. 2005	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Wautersia numazuensis corrig. Kageyama et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia oxalatica (Sahin et al. 2000 ex Khambata and Bhat 1953) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia paucula (Vandamme et al. 1999) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia respiraculi (Coenye et al. 2003) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Wautersia taiwanensis (Chen et al. 2001) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Feng T, Kim KH, Oh J, Jeon CO. Cupriavidus lacunae sp. nov., isolated from pond-side soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:543-551.

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