Name: Caballeronia insecticola (Takeshita et al. 2018) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Burkholderia insecticola Takeshita et al. 2018

Etymology: in.sec.ti’co.la. L. neut. perf. part. insectum, insect; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. insecticola, a dweller of insects

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka-bal-le-RO-ni-a in-sek-TI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: JCM 31142; NCIMB 15023; RPE64

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB558208 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Reclassification of Burkholderia insecticola as Caballeronia insecticola comb. nov. and reliability of conserved signature indels as molecular synapomorphies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2057-2063. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Burkholderia insecticola Takeshita et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Burkholderia insecticola Takeshita et al. 2018. Publication: Takeshita K, Tamaki H, Ohbayashi T, Meng XY, Sone T, Mitani Y, Peeters C, Kikuchi Y, Vandamme P. Burkholderia insecticola sp. nov., a gut symbiotic bacterium of the bean bug Riptortus pedestris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2370-2374. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Parent taxon: Caballeronia Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016

Assigned by: Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Reclassification of Burkholderia insecticola as Caballeronia insecticola comb. nov. and reliability of conserved signature indels as molecular synapomorphies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2057-2063. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 800402