Etymology:
pyr.ro.ci.ni.a. N.L. fem. adj.pyrrocinia, referring to the antibiotic properties of pyrrolnitrin, which is produced by strains of this species
Valid publication:
Vandamme P, Holmes B, Vancanneyt M, Coenye T, Hoste B, Coopman R, Revets H, Lauwers S, Gillis M, Kersters K, et al. Occurrence of multiple genomovars of Burkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis patients and proposal of Burkholderia multivorans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1188-1200.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Emendations:
Storms et al. 2004
Storms V, Van Den Vreken N, Coenye T, Mahenthiralingam E, LiPuma JJ, Gillis M, Vandamme P. Polyphasic characterisation of Burkholderia cepacia-like isolates leading to the emended description of Burkholderia pyrrocinia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:517-526.
Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 1. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:7-8.
Notes:
📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
🎓 Name mentioned 51 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
🧍 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.
🧍 In the paper by Vandamme et al. 1997, H. Imanaka is incorrectly spelled as H. Imananka (sic). — Analysis of the Burkholderia pyrrocinia type strain indicates that this soil bacterium represents a ninth Burkholderia cepacia complex genomovar.Publication:
Vandamme P, Henry D, Coenye T, Nzula S, Vancanneyt M, LiPuma JJ, Speert DP, Govan JR, Mahenthiralingam E. Burkholderia anthina sp. nov. and Burkholderia pyrrocinia, two additional Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria, may confound results of new molecular diagnostic tools. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2002; 33:143-149.