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Species Burkholderia mallei
Name: Burkholderia mallei (Zopf 1885) Yabuuchi et al. 1993
Basonym: "Bacillus mallei" Zopf 1885
Etymology: mal.le.i. L. masc. n. malleus, a hammer, maul, the disease of glanders; L. gen. masc. n. mallei, of glanders
Type strain: ATCC 23344; NCTC 12938
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF110188
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Oyaizu H, Yano I, Hotta H, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Arakawa M. Proposal of Burkholderia gen. nov. and transfer of seven species of the genus Pseudomonas homology group II to the new genus, with the type species Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 1992; 36:1251-1275. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 45. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:398-399.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Malleomyces mallei" (Zopf 1885) Pribram 1933 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Bacillus mallei" Zopf 1885 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists Pseudomonas mallei (Zopf 1885) Redfearn et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04713 (N = 22).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: Yes - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes - Containment level: Containment Level 3". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Z". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "P620 = v, P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Classified under SAPO". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — 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 449 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993
Assigned by:
Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Oyaizu H, Yano I, Hotta H, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Arakawa M. Proposal of Burkholderia gen. nov. and transfer of seven species of the genus Pseudomonas homology group II to the new genus, with the type species Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981) comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 1992; 36:1251-1275.
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Record number: 783570
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