Species Burkholderia humi

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Betaproteobacteria Burkholderiales Burkholderiaceae Burkholderia Burkholderia humi

Name: Burkholderia humi Vandamme et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: hu’mi. L. gen. fem. n. humi, from soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: burk-hol-DE-ri-a HU-mi, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 63059; LMG 22934; RA1-5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY949193 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, De Brandt E, Houf K, Salles JF, Dirk van Elsas J, Spilker T, Lipuma JJ. Burkholderia humi sp. nov., Burkholderia choica sp. nov., Burkholderia telluris sp. nov., Burkholderia terrestris sp. nov. and Burkholderia udeis sp. nov.: Burkholderia glathei-like bacteria from soil and rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4707-4718. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Caballeronia humi (Vandamme et al. 2013) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paraburkholderia humi (Vandamme et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Caballeronia humi (Vandamme et al. 2013) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Burkholderia humi" Srinivasan et al. 2013.
- ❗ Burkholderia humi 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 2026-08-13. 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.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Burkholderia glathei (Zolg and Ottow 1975) Vandamme et al. 1997. Publication: Vandamme P, Holmes B, Vancanneyt M, Coenye T, Hoste B, Coopman R, Revets H, Lauwers S, Gillis M, Kersters K, et al. Occurrence of multiple genomovars of Burkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis patients and proposal of Burkholderia multivorans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1188-1200. 🇧🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Burkholderia glathei (Zolg and Ottow 1975) Viallard et al. 1998. Publication: Viallard V, Poirier I, Cournoyer B, Haurat J, Wiebkin S, Ophel-Keller K, Balandreau J. Burkholderia graminis sp. nov., a rhizospheric Burkholderia species, and reassessment of [Pseudomonas] phenazinium, [Pseudomonas] pyrrocinia and [Pseudomonas] glathei as Burkholderia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:549-563. 🇫🇷 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
- 🙅 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: Vandamme P, De Brandt E, Houf K, Salles JF, Dirk van Elsas J, Spilker T, Lipuma JJ. Burkholderia humi sp. nov., Burkholderia choica sp. nov., Burkholderia telluris sp. nov., Burkholderia terrestris sp. nov. and Burkholderia udeis sp. nov.: Burkholderia glathei-like bacteria from soil and rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4707-4718. 🇧🇪

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