Species ***Burkholderia* *metallica***

Name: Burkholderia metallica Vanlaere et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal’li.ca. L. fem. adj. metallica, metallic, referring to the metallic shine on the colony surface of the four known isolates (masculine metallicus also as noun)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AU0553; CCUG 54567; DSM 23519; LMG 24068; R-16017

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM747632 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vanlaere E, Lipuma JJ, Baldwin A, Henry D, De Brandt E, Mahenthiralingam E, Speert D, Dowson C, Vandamme P. Burkholderia latens sp. nov., Burkholderia diffusa sp. nov., Burkholderia arboris sp. nov., Burkholderia seminalis sp. nov. and Burkholderia metallica sp. nov., novel species within the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1580-1590.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen - plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Burkholderia Yabuuchi et al. 1993

Assigned by: Vanlaere E, Lipuma JJ, Baldwin A, Henry D, De Brandt E, Mahenthiralingam E, Speert D, Dowson C, Vandamme P. Burkholderia latens sp. nov., Burkholderia diffusa sp. nov., Burkholderia arboris sp. nov., Burkholderia seminalis sp. nov. and Burkholderia metallica sp. nov., novel species within the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1580-1590.

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Species Burkholderia metallica

Species ***Burkholderia* *metallica***