Name: Cupriavidus yeoncheonensis corrig. Singh et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ye.on.che.o.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. yeoncheonensis, of or belonging to Yeoncheon, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ku-pri-A-wi-dus ye-on-k^he-o-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DCY 86; JCM 19890; KCTC 42053

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF915797 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Singh P, Kim YJ, Nguyen NL, Hoang VA, Sukweenadhi J, Farh Mel-A, Yang DC. Cupriavidus yeoncheonense sp. nov., isolated from soil of ginseng. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:749-758. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cupriavidus yeoncheonense Singh et al. 2015	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 Specific epithet corrected on validation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, yeoncheonense (sic), has been corrected on validation. In the Validation List 166 (IJSEM 65:3763–3767) the name is erroneously listed as Cupravidus yeoncheonensis (sic). The correct name was stated in a corrigendum to Validation List 166 (A. Oren and G.M. Garrity, IJSEM 66:4916). — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, yeoncheonense (sic), has been corrected on validation. In the Validation List 166 of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2015), 65, 3763–3767, the name is erroneously. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Parent taxon: Cupriavidus Makkar and Casida 1987

Assigned by: Singh P, Kim YJ, Nguyen NL, Hoang VA, Sukweenadhi J, Farh Mel-A, Yang DC. Cupriavidus yeoncheonense sp. nov., isolated from soil of ginseng. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:749-758. 🇰🇷

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