Name: Variovorax boronicumulans Miwa et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.ro.ni.cu’mu.lans. Chem. neut. n. boron, boron (B); L. pres. part. cumulans, accumulating; N.L. masc. part. adj. boronicumulans, boron-accumulating

Pronunciation, gender: bo-ro-ni-KU-mu-lans, masculine

Type strain: BAM-48; DSM 21722; KCTC 22010; NBRC 103145

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16S rRNA gene: AB300597 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miwa H, Ahmed I, Yoon J, Yokota A, Fujiwara T. Variovorax boronicumulans sp. nov., a boron-accumulating bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:286-289.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Variovorax Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Miwa H, Ahmed I, Yoon J, Yokota A, Fujiwara T. Variovorax boronicumulans sp. nov., a boron-accumulating bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:286-289.

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Record number: 787176