Name: Wautersia gilardii (Coenye et al. 1999) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ralstonia gilardii Coenye et al. 1999

Etymology: gi.lar’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gilardii, in honour of G. L. Gilardi, an American microbiologist

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 4325; API 141; API 141-2-84; ATCC 700815; CCUG 38401; CIP 105966; DSM 17292; Gilardi 4325; JCM 11283; LMG 5886

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16S rRNA gene: AF076645 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaneechoutte M, Kampfer P, De Baere T, Falsen E, Verschraegen G. Wautersia gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Ralstonia eutropha and related species, and proposal of Ralstonia [Pseudomonas] syzygii (Roberts et al. 1990) comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:317-327.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cupriavidus gilardii (Coenye et al. 1999) Vandamme and Coenye 2004

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cupriavidus gilardii (Coenye et al. 1999) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ralstonia gilardii Coenye et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Wautersia gilardii 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 Wautersia.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Wautersia Vaneechoutte et al. 2004

Assigned by: Vaneechoutte M, Kampfer P, De Baere T, Falsen E, Verschraegen G. Wautersia gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Ralstonia eutropha and related species, and proposal of Ralstonia [Pseudomonas] syzygii (Roberts et al. 1990) comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:317-327.

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Record number: 783081