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Species Burkholderia kururiensis

Name: Burkholderia kururiensis Zhang et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ku.ru.ri.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kururiensis, pertaining to Kururi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: burk-hol-DE-ri-a ku-ru-ri-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700977; CCUG 43663; CIP 106643; DSM 13646; JCM 10599; KP23; LMG 19447

16S rRNA gene: AB024310 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhang H, Hanada S, Shigematsu T, Shibuya K, Kamagata Y, Kanagawa T, Kurane R. Burkholderia kururiensis sp. nov., a trichloroethylene (TCE)-degrading bacterium isolated from an aquifer polluted with TCE. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:743-749. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Paraburkholderia kururiensis (Zhang et al. 2000) Sawana et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • ❗ Burkholderia kururiensis 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 21 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Zhang H, Hanada S, Shigematsu T, Shibuya K, Kamagata Y, Kanagawa T, Kurane R. Burkholderia kururiensis sp. nov., a trichloroethylene (TCE)-degrading bacterium isolated from an aquifer polluted with TCE. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:743-749. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 774287