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Species Burkholderia cenocepacia
Name: Burkholderia cenocepacia Vandamme et al. 2003
Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. kainos, new, recent; N.L. fem. adj. cepacia, specific epithet; N.L. fem. adj. cenocepacia, new (Burkholderia) cepacia
Type strain: ATCC BAA-245; CCM 4899; CCUG 48434; DSM 16553; LMG 16656; NCTC 13227
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF148556
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Vandamme P, Holmes B, Coenye T, Goris J, Mahenthiralingam E, LiPuma JJ, Govan JR. Burkholderia cenocepacia sp. nov.--a new twist to an old story. Res Microbiol 2003; 154:91-96. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16869 (N = 21).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen - plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 836 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 Burkholderia cenocepacia Vandamme et al. 2003 was previously known as Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) Yabuuchi et al. 1993 genomovar III (recA lineages IIIA, IIIB, IIIC and IIID).
Publication:
Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Oyaizu H, Yano I, Hotta H, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Arakawa M. Proposal of Burkholderia gen. nov. and transfer of seven species of the genus Pseudomonas homology group II to the new genus, with the type species Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 1992; 36:1251-1275.
Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993
Assigned by:
Vandamme P, Holmes B, Coenye T, Goris J, Mahenthiralingam E, LiPuma JJ, Govan JR. Burkholderia cenocepacia sp. nov.--a new twist to an old story. Res Microbiol 2003; 154:91-96.
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Record number: 774276
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