Name: Caballeronia grimmiae (Tian et al. 2013) Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Burkholderia grimmiae Tian et al. 2013

Etymology: grim’mi.ae. N.L. fem. n. Grimmia, the scientific name of a genus of moss; N.L. gen. fem. n. grimmiae, of Grimmia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the moss Grimmia montana

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.11013; DSM 25160; LMG 27580; R27

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN256678 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Transfer of eleven species of the genus Burkholderia to the genus Paraburkholderia and proposal of Caballeronia gen. nov. to accommodate twelve species of the genera Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2836-2846.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Burkholderia grimmiae Tian et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paraburkholderia grimmiae (Tian et al. 2013) Sawana et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Caballeronia Dobritsa and Samadpour 2016

Assigned by: Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Transfer of eleven species of the genus Burkholderia to the genus Paraburkholderia and proposal of Caballeronia gen. nov. to accommodate twelve species of the genera Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2836-2846.

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Record number: 794374