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Species Paraburkholderia lebeckiae

Name: Paraburkholderia lebeckiae Mavima et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: le.beck’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. lebeckiae, of Lebeckia, the host plant from which the species was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CMW-IA 7206; DSM 120862; LMG 34098; WSM4175

16S rRNA gene: HE962574 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Mavima L, Steenkamp ET, Soogun TO, Beukes CW, Palmer M, Whitman WB, Howieson J, Yates R, James EK, De Meyer SE, et al. Delineation of Paraburkholderia tuberum and description of Paraburkholderia lebeckiae sp. nov. isolated from the root nodules of South African Lebeckia ambigua. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7262. 🇿🇦

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-08-27.
    • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Paraburkholderia tuberum (Vandamme et al. 2003) Sawana et al. 2015. Publication: Sawana A, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures and phylogenomic analysis of the genus Burkholderia: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Burkholderia containing pathogenic organisms and a new genus Paraburkholderia gen. nov. harboring environmental species. Front Genet 2014; 5:429. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.
    • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Paraburkholderia Sawana et al. 2015

Assigned by: Mavima L, Steenkamp ET, Soogun TO, Beukes CW, Palmer M, Whitman WB, Howieson J, Yates R, James EK, De Meyer SE, et al. Delineation of Paraburkholderia tuberum and description of Paraburkholderia lebeckiae sp. nov. isolated from the root nodules of South African Lebeckia ambigua. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7262. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 73314