Name: Cupriavidus basilensis (Steinle et al. 1999) Vandamme and Coenye 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ralstonia basilensis Steinle et al. 1999

Etymology: ba.sil.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. basilensis, pertaining to Basilea, the Roman name of Basel, Switzerland, where the strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 11853; LMG 18990; LMG 19474; RK1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF312022 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Coenye T. Taxonomy of the genus Cupriavidus: a tale of lost and found. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2285-2289.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Wautersia basilensis (Steinle et al. 1999) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ralstonia basilensis Steinle et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Cupriavidus Makkar and Casida 1987

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Coenye T. Taxonomy of the genus Cupriavidus: a tale of lost and found. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2285-2289.

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Record number: 775314