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Species Burkholderia contaminans
Name: Burkholderia contaminans Vanlaere et al. 2009
Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. fem. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating, polluting, referring to the metagenome that was recovered from the Sargasso Sea, but which probably represented a sample contaminant, as ST102 isolates and other Bcc isolates grew very poorly in seawater, suggesting that the open ocean is not a natural habitat of Bcc species (Mahenthiralingam et al., 2006)
Type strain: CCUG 55526; J2956; LMG 23361
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MH014865
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Vanlaere E, Baldwin A, Gevers D, Henry D, De Brandt E, LiPuma JJ, Mahenthiralingam E, Speert DP, Dowson C, Vandamme P. Taxon K, a complex within the Burkholderia cepacia complex, comprises at least two novel species, Burkholderia contaminans sp. nov. and Burkholderia lata sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:102-111. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Depoorter et al. 2020
Depoorter E, De Canck E, Peeters C, Wieme AD, Cnockaert M, Zlosnik JEA, LiPuma JJ, Coenye T, Vandamme P. Burkholderia cepacia Complex Taxon K: Where to Split? Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1594.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 33. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:2-3.
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Depoorter et al. 2020
Depoorter E, De Canck E, Peeters C, Wieme AD, Cnockaert M, Zlosnik JEA, LiPuma JJ, Coenye T, Vandamme P. Burkholderia cepacia Complex Taxon K: Where to Split? Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1594.
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Notes:
- 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 101 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981 ex Burkholder 1950) Yabuuchi et al. 1993.
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.
Anonymous. Validation list no. 45. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:398-399.
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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.
Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993
Assigned by:
Vanlaere E, Baldwin A, Gevers D, Henry D, De Brandt E, LiPuma JJ, Mahenthiralingam E, Speert DP, Dowson C, Vandamme P. Taxon K, a complex within the Burkholderia cepacia complex, comprises at least two novel species, Burkholderia contaminans sp. nov. and Burkholderia lata sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:102-111.
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Record number: 787670
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