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Species Paraburkholderia unamae

Name: Paraburkholderia unamae (Caballero-Mellado et al. 2004) Sawana et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Burkholderia unamae Caballero-Mellado et al. 2004

Etymology: u’na.mae. N.L. gen. fem. n. unamae, arbitrary name formed from UNAM, acronym for Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México. This name was chosen to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the University, which occurred in the same year as the first isolation of the species (2001)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ra-burk-hol-DE-ri-a U-na-ma͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-744; CIP 107921; DSM 17197; MTl-641

16S rRNA gene: AY221956 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective 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. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: 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.

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 2026-08-13. 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 2 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Burkholderia unamae Caballero-Mellado et al. 2004. Publication: Caballero-Mellado J, Martinez-Aguilar L, Paredes-Valdez G, Santos PE. Burkholderia unamae sp. nov., an N2-fixing rhizospheric and endophytic species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1165-1172. 🇲🇽 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Parent taxon: Paraburkholderia Sawana et al. 2015

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 793052