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Species Burkholderia heleia
Name: Burkholderia heleia Aizawa et al. 2010
Etymology: he.le’ia. Gr. masc. adj. heleios, a marsh, low ground, meadow; N.L. fem. adj. heleia, of the marsh, referring to the isolation of this species from a plant growing in a marsh
Type strain: KACC 16324; NBRC 101817; NBRC 108170; SA41; VTCC D6-7
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB537486
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Aizawa T, Ve NB, Nakajima M, Sunairi M. Burkholderia heleia sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from an aquatic plant, Eleocharis dulcis, that grows in highly acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas of Vietnam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1152-1157. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Paraburkholderia heleia (Aizawa et al. 2010) Sawana et al. 2015
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Paraburkholderia heleia (Aizawa et al. 2010) Sawana et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Burkholderia heleia 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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:
Aizawa T, Ve NB, Nakajima M, Sunairi M. Burkholderia heleia sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from an aquatic plant, Eleocharis dulcis, that grows in highly acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas of Vietnam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1152-1157. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 788541
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