Species "Pseudomonas cepacia"

Name: "Pseudomonas cepacia" Burkholder 1950

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ce.pa’ci.a. N.L. fem. adj. cepacia, specific epithet

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-DO-mo-nas ke-PA-ki-a, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF097530 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Burkholder WH. [Title pending]. Phytopath. 1950; 40:116.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Burkholder WH. [Title pending]. Phytopath. 1950; 40:116.

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Record number: 68579

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