Name: Cupriavidus respiraculi (Coenye et al. 2003) Vandamme and Coenye 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ralstonia respiraculi Coenye et al. 2003

Etymology: re.spi.ra’cu.li. N.L. neut. n. respiraculum, breathing, respiration; N.L. gen. neut. n. respiraculi, of the respiratory system

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AU3313; CCUG 46809; DSM 17358; LMG 21510

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF500583 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 respiraculi (Coenye et al. 2003) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ralstonia respiraculi Coenye et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species was only isolated from CF patients. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

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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