Name: Delftia tsuruhatensis Shigematsu et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tsu.ru.hat.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. tsuruhatensis, referring to Tsuruhata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-554; DSM 17581; IFO 16741; NBRC 16741; T7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681119 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shigematsu T, Yumihara K, Ueda Y, Numaguchi M, Morimura S, Kida K. Delftia tsuruhatensis sp. nov., a terephthalate-assimilating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1479-1483.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Jørgensen et al. 2009 Jorgensen NO, Brandt KK, Nybroe O, Hansen M. Delftia lacustris sp. nov., a peptidoglycan-degrading bacterium from fresh water, and emended description of Delftia tsuruhatensis as a peptidoglycan-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2195-2199. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 69 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Delftia Wen et al. 1999

Assigned by: Shigematsu T, Yumihara K, Ueda Y, Numaguchi M, Morimura S, Kida K. Delftia tsuruhatensis sp. nov., a terephthalate-assimilating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1479-1483.

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