Name: Mycetohabitans rhizoxinica (Partida-Martinez et al. 2007) Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Burkholderia rhizoxinica Partida-Martinez et al. 2007

Etymology: rhi.zo.xi’ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. rhizoxinum, rhizoxin; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. fem. adj. rhizoxinica, referring to the ability of this organism to produce the antimitotic agent rhizonin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ke-to-HA-bi-tans r^hi-zo-XI-ni-ka, feminine

Type strain: CIP 109453; DSM 19002; HKI 454

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ938142 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Estrada-de Los Santos P, Palmer M, Chavez-Ramirez B, Beukes C, Steenkamp ET, Briscoe L, Khan N, Maluk M, Lafos M, Humm E, et al. Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:389. 🇲🇽

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Burkholderia rhizoxina" Scherlach et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Paraburkholderia rhizoxinica (Partida-Martinez et al. 2007) Sawana et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Burkholderia rhizoxinica Partida-Martinez et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mycetohabitans Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2018. Publication: Estrada-de Los Santos P, Palmer M, Chavez-Ramirez B, Beukes C, Steenkamp ET, Briscoe L, Khan N, Maluk M, Lafos M, Humm E, et al. Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:389. 🇲🇽
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: Mycetohabitans Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2018

Assigned by: Estrada-de Los Santos P, Palmer M, Chavez-Ramirez B, Beukes C, Steenkamp ET, Briscoe L, Khan N, Maluk M, Lafos M, Humm E, et al. Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:389. 🇲🇽

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