Species ***Burkholderia* *singularis***

Name: Burkholderia singularis Vandamme et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sin.gu’la.ris. L. fem. adj. singularis, singular, remarkable, unusual

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 65685; LMG 28154

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LK023501 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vandamme P, Peeters C, De Smet B, Price EP, Sarovich DS, Henry DA, Hird TJ, Zlosnik JEA, Mayo M, Warner J, et al. Comparative Genomics of Burkholderia singularis sp. nov., a Low G+C Content, Free-Living Bacterium That Defies Taxonomic Dissection of the Genus Burkholderia. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1679.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 178. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4291-4293.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Peeters C, De Smet B, Price EP, Sarovich DS, Henry DA, Hird TJ, Zlosnik JEA, Mayo M, Warner J, et al. Comparative Genomics of Burkholderia singularis sp. nov., a Low G+C Content, Free-Living Bacterium That Defies Taxonomic Dissection of the Genus Burkholderia. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1679.

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Species Burkholderia singularis

Species ***Burkholderia* *singularis***