Valid publication:
Rusch A, Islam S, Savalia P, Amend JP. Burkholderia insulsa sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithotrophic bacterium isolated from an arsenic-rich shallow marine hydrothermal system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:189-194. 🇺🇸
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
⏲ According to Madhaiyan et al. (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Burkholderiafungorum Coenye et al. 2001.Publication:
Madhaiyan M, Sriram S, Kiruba N, Saravanan VS. Genome-based Reclassification of Paraburkholderia insulsa as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Paraburkholderia fungorum and Proposal of Paraburkholderia terrae subsp. terrae subsp. nov. and Paraburkholderia terrae subsp. steynii subsp. nov. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:358. 🇮🇳
⏲ According to Madhaiyan et al. (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Paraburkholderiafungorum (Coenye et al. 2001) Sawana et al. 2015.Publication:
Madhaiyan M, Sriram S, Kiruba N, Saravanan VS. Genome-based Reclassification of Paraburkholderia insulsa as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Paraburkholderia fungorum and Proposal of Paraburkholderia terrae subsp. terrae subsp. nov. and Paraburkholderia terrae subsp. steynii subsp. nov. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:358. 🇮🇳
⏲ According to Mullins and Mahenthiralingam (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Burkholderiafungorum Coenye et al. 2001.Publication:
Mullins AJ, Mahenthiralingam E. The Hidden Genomic Diversity, Specialized Metabolite Capacity, and Revised Taxonomy of Burkholderia Sensu Lato. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:726847. 🇬🇧
⏲ According to Mullins and Mahenthiralingam (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Paraburkholderiafungorum (Coenye et al. 2001) Sawana et al. 2015.Publication:
Mullins AJ, Mahenthiralingam E. The Hidden Genomic Diversity, Specialized Metabolite Capacity, and Revised Taxonomy of Burkholderia Sensu Lato. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:726847. 🇬🇧
🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.Publication:
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 38. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5923.
❗ Burkholderiainsulsa 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, note = "+". — 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 1 time 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.