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Species Burkholderia caballeronis

Name: Burkholderia caballeronis Martínez-Aguilar et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.bal.le.ro’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. caballeronis, of Caballero, named after the Mexican microbiologist Jesús Caballero Mellado who contributed significantly to the knowledge on plant-associated Burkholderia species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: burk-hol-DE-ri-a ka-bal-le-RO-nis, feminine

Type strain: CIP 110324; LMG 26416; TNe-841

16S rRNA gene: EF139186 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Martinez-Aguilar L, Salazar-Salazar C, Mendez RD, Caballero-Mellado J, Hirsch AM, Vasquez-Murrieta MS, Estrada-de los Santos P. Burkholderia caballeronis sp. nov., a nitrogen fixing species isolated from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) with the ability to effectively nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1063-1071. 🇲🇽

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Paraburkholderia caballeronis (Martínez-Aguilar et al. 2014) Sawana et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Burkholderia caballeronis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Burkholderia.
    • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Martinez-Aguilar L, Salazar-Salazar C, Mendez RD, Caballero-Mellado J, Hirsch AM, Vasquez-Murrieta MS, Estrada-de los Santos P. Burkholderia caballeronis sp. nov., a nitrogen fixing species isolated from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) with the ability to effectively nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1063-1071. 🇲🇽

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Record number: 791778