Name: Wautersia metallidurans (Goris et al. 2001) Vaneechoutte et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ralstonia metallidurans Goris et al. 2001

Etymology: me.tal.li.du’rans. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. pres. part. durans, enduring; N.L. part. adj. metallidurans, enduring metal, from the fact that these strains are able to survive high heavy-metal concentrations

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43123; CCUG 13724; CCUG 38400; CH 34; CIP 107179; DSM 2839; JCM 21315; LMG 1195; NBRC 102507

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y10824 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 metallidurans (Goris et al. 2001) Vandamme and Coenye 2004

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ralstonia metallidurans Goris et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cupriavidus metallidurans (Goris et al. 2001) Vandamme and Coenye 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Wautersia metallidurans 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 783082