Name: Cupriavidus pinatubonensis Sato et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.na.tu.bo.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. pinatubonensis, pertaining to Mt. Pinatubo, the volcano on Luzon Island, the Philippines, from which first strains were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: pi-na-tu-bo-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 1245; CIP 108725; DSM 19553; LMG 23994; PNCM 10346

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB121221 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sato Y, Nishihara H, Yoshida M, Watanabe M, Rondal JD, Concepcion RN, Ohta H. Cupriavidus pinatubonensis sp. nov. and Cupriavidus laharis sp. nov., novel hydrogen-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic bacteria isolated from volcanic mudflow deposits from Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:973-978.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

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 26 times 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: Sato Y, Nishihara H, Yoshida M, Watanabe M, Rondal JD, Concepcion RN, Ohta H. Cupriavidus pinatubonensis sp. nov. and Cupriavidus laharis sp. nov., novel hydrogen-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic bacteria isolated from volcanic mudflow deposits from Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:973-978.

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Record number: 783714