Name: Ralstonia mannitolytica De Baere et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 38408; CCUG 45027; DSM 17512; JCM 11284; LMG 6866; NCIB 10805; NCIMB 10805

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16S rRNA gene: AJ270258 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: De Baere T, Steyaert S, Wauters G, Des Vos P, Goris J, Coenye T, Suyama T, Verschraegen G, Vaneechoutte M. Classification of Ralstonia pickettii biovar 3/'thomasii' strains (Pickett 1994) and of new isolates related to nosocomial recurrent meningitis as Ralstonia mannitolytica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:547-558.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Ralstonia mannitolilytica corrig. De Baere et al. 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ralstonia mannitolilytica corrig. De Baere et al. 2001	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Ralstonia mannitolilytica corrig. De Baere et al. 2001, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston et al. 1973) Yabuuchi et al. 1996. Publication: Yabuuchi E, Kosako Y, Yano I, Hotta H, Nishiuchi Y. Transfer of two Burkholderia and an Alcaligenes species to Ralstonia gen. Nov.: Proposal of Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston, Palleroni and Doudoroff 1973) comb. Nov., Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) comb. Nov. and Ralstonia eutropha (Davis 1969) comb. Nov. Microbiol Immunol 1995; 39:897-904. Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Ralstonia Yabuuchi et al. 1996

Assigned by: De Baere T, Steyaert S, Wauters G, Des Vos P, Goris J, Coenye T, Suyama T, Verschraegen G, Vaneechoutte M. Classification of Ralstonia pickettii biovar 3/'thomasii' strains (Pickett 1994) and of new isolates related to nosocomial recurrent meningitis as Ralstonia mannitolytica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:547-558.

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