Name: Cupriavidus pampae Cuadrado et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pam’pae. N.L. fem. n. pampa, pampa (from Quechuan noun pampa); N.L. gen. fem. n. pampae, of pampa, the grassland plains of temperate South America, especially Argentina, where the soil samples were obtained from which the type strain of the species was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: … PAM-pa͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCM-A 29:1289; CCUG 55948; CPDB6; DSM 26888

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN430567 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cuadrado V, Gomila M, Merini L, Giulietti AM, Moore ER. Cupriavidus pampae sp. nov., a novel herbicide-degrading bacterium isolated from agricultural soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2606-2612. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

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. — 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Cupriavidus Makkar and Casida 1987

Assigned by: Cuadrado V, Gomila M, Merini L, Giulietti AM, Moore ER. Cupriavidus pampae sp. nov., a novel herbicide-degrading bacterium isolated from agricultural soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2606-2612. 🇸🇪

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Record number: 788872