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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ralstonia paucula Vandamme et al. 1999

Etymology: pau.cu.lus. L. masc. adj. pauculus, rare, very few, to indicate that these strains only cause human infections sporadically

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700817; CCUG 12507; CDC E6793; CIP 105943; DSM 17313; JCM 11286; LMG 3244

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU024165 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 36 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/cupriavidus-pauculusCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 775320