Name: Achromobacter spanius Coenye et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spa’ni.us. N.L. masc. adj. spanius; from Gr. masc. adj. spanios, rare, scarce, referring to the fact that, so far, only a few strains have been found

Gender: masculine

Type strain: API 198; API 198-2-84; CCUG 47062; DSM 23806; LMG 5911

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ746427 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coenye T, Vancanneyt M, Falsen E, Swings J, Vandamme P. Achromobacter insolitus sp. nov. and Achromobacter spanius sp. nov., from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1819-1824.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 27 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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.

Parent taxon: Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981

Assigned by: Coenye T, Vancanneyt M, Falsen E, Swings J, Vandamme P. Achromobacter insolitus sp. nov. and Achromobacter spanius sp. nov., from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1819-1824.

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Record number: 783265