Name: Burkholderia contaminans Vanlaere et al. 2009
Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. 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
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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
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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