Species Burkholderia monticola

Name: Burkholderia monticola Baek et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. mons (gen. montis), mountain; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, an inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. monticola, mountain-dwelling

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: burk-hol-DE-ri-a mon-TI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 100849; JC2948; JCM 19904; KACC 17924

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF155692 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baek I, Seo B, Lee I, Yi H, Chun J. Burkholderia monticola sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:504-509. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Paraburkholderia monticola (Baek et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paraburkholderia monticola (Baek et al. 2015) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Burkholderia monticola 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 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.

Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Baek I, Seo B, Lee I, Yi H, Chun J. Burkholderia monticola sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:504-509. 🇰🇷

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Species Burkholderia monticola