Species Pseudomonas cepacia

Name: Pseudomonas cepacia (ex Burkholder 1950) Palleroni and Holmes 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ce.pa.ci.a. L. fem. n. cepa, onion; N.L. fem. adj. cepacia, of or like an onion

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 717-ICPB 25; ATCC 25416; Ballard 717; CCUG 12691; CCUG 13226; CFBP 2227; CIP 80.24; DSM 7288; HAMBI 1976; ICMP 5796; IFO 14074; JCM 5964; LMG 1222; NBIMCC 8566; NBRC 14074; NCCB 76047; NCPPB 2993; NCTC 10743; NRRL B-14810

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16S rRNA gene: AF097530 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Palleroni NJ, Holmes B. Pseudomonas cepacia sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:479-481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981 ex Burkholder 1950) Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Burkholderia cepacia (Palleroni and Holmes 1981 ex Burkholder 1950) Yabuuchi et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas cepacia is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pseudomonas.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen - plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP TA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 1052 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Palleroni NJ, Holmes B. Pseudomonas cepacia sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:479-481.

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Species Pseudomonas cepacia