Species Burkholderia phymatum

Name: Burkholderia phymatum Vandamme et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phy.ma.tum. Gr. neut. n. phŷma, tumour, tubercle; L. gen. neut. pl. n. phymatum, of nodules

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47179; DSM 17167; LMG 21445; STM 815

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ302312 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vandamme P, Goris J, Chen WM, de Vos P, Willems A. Burkholderia tuberum sp. nov. and Burkholderia phymatum sp. nov., nodulate the roots of tropical legumes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2002; 25:507-512. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 91. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:627-628.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Paraburkholderia phymatum (Vandamme et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paraburkholderia phymatum (Vandamme et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Burkholderia phymatum 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 24 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.

Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Goris J, Chen WM, de Vos P, Willems A. Burkholderia tuberum sp. nov. and Burkholderia phymatum sp. nov., nodulate the roots of tropical legumes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2002; 25:507-512. 🇧🇪

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Species Burkholderia phymatum