Species Burkholderia cordobensis

Name: Burkholderia cordobensis Draghi et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cor.do.ben’sis. N.L. fem. adj. cordobensis, pertaining to the Argentinian province of Córdoba, where the first strains were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: burk-hol-DE-ri-a kor-do-BEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 64368; LMG 27620; MMP81

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG324048 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Draghi WO, Peeters C, Cnockaert M, Snauwaert C, Wall LG, Zorreguieta A, Vandamme P. Burkholderia cordobensis sp. nov., from agricultural soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2003-2008. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Caballeronia cordobensis (Draghi et al. 2014) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Caballeronia cordobensis (Draghi et al. 2014) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Burkholderia cordobensis 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 2023-10-29. 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 3 times 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: Draghi WO, Peeters C, Cnockaert M, Snauwaert C, Wall LG, Zorreguieta A, Vandamme P. Burkholderia cordobensis sp. nov., from agricultural soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2003-2008. 🇧🇪

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Species Burkholderia cordobensis