Name: Achromobacter ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac 1955) Yabuuchi et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Hydrogenomonas ruhlandii" Packer and Vishniac 1955

Etymology: ruh.lan’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ruhlandii, of Ruhland, named for the German microbiologist W. Ruhland, who studied the physiology of the hydrogen bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15749; CCUG 38886; CIP 77.26; DSM 653; LMG 1866; VKM B-1333

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB010840 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yabuuchi E, Kawamura Y, Kosako Y, Ezaki T. Emendation of genus Achromobacter and Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Yabuuchi and Yano) and proposal of Achromobacter ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac) comb. nov., Achromobacter piechaudii (Kiredjian et al.) comb. nov., and Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans (Ruger and Tan) comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 1998; 42:429-438.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 67. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1083-1084.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcaligenes ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac 1955) Aragno and Schlegel 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Hydrogenomonas ruhlandii" Packer and Vishniac 1955	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Vandamme et al. 2013 Vandamme P, Moore ER, Cnockaert M, De Brandt E, Svensson-Stadler L, Houf K, Spilker T, Lipuma JJ. Achromobacter animicus sp. nov., Achromobacter mucicolens sp. nov., Achromobacter pulmonis sp. nov. and Achromobacter spiritinus sp. nov., from human clinical samples. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:1-10. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 18. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2371-2372.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 24 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Yabuuchi et al. 1998 (page 436), the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC 15947 (sic). — 🧍 In the paper by Yabuuchi et al. 1998 (page 436), the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC 15947(sic). 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.

Parent taxon: Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981

Assigned by: Yabuuchi E, Kawamura Y, Kosako Y, Ezaki T. Emendation of genus Achromobacter and Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Yabuuchi and Yano) and proposal of Achromobacter ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac) comb. nov., Achromobacter piechaudii (Kiredjian et al.) comb. nov., and Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans (Ruger and Tan) comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 1998; 42:429-438.

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