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Genus Elizabethkingia

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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Elizabethkingia Kim et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Elizabethkingia, in honour of Elizabeth O. King, who first described bacteria associated with infant meningitis, notably [Flavobacterium] meningosepticum in 1959.
Valid publication: KIM (K.K.), KIM (M.K.), LIM (J.H.), PARK (H.Y.) and LEE (S.T.): Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1287-1293.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R26 = CCM 7804 = CCUG 60038.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF426425 (see the note below).
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. anophelis, of/from a mosquito of the genus Anopheles, as the type strain was isolated from the midgut of Anopheles gambiae.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), MATTHEWS (H.), GLAESER (S.P.), MARTIN (K.), LODDERS (N.) and FAYE (I.): Elizabethkingia anophelis sp. nov., isolated from the midgut of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2670-2675.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Notes:
1 In the paper by Kämpfer et al. 2011, the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain is erroneously cited as EF426434.
References:
1 KÄMPFER (P.): Personal communication (January 25, 2012).
2 Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1016.
Erratum in IJSEM Online
2 The accession number EF426425 is the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the strain 2.5. In the file https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/EF426425, a note specifies that this sequence is identical to the sequence of the strain R26 (type strain of Elizabethkingia anophelis.)

Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011 emend. Kämpfer et al. 2015.
Reference: KÄMPFER, P., BUSSE, H.-J., MCINROY, J. A. and GLAESER, S. P. 2015. Elizabethkingia endophytica sp. nov., isolated from Zea mays and emended description of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2187-2193.
Original article.


Note: According to Doijad et al. (2016), Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011, and Elizabethkingia endophytica strain JM-87 is an additional strain of Elizabethkingia anophelis.
Reference: DOIJAD, S., GHOSH, H., GLAESER, S., KÄMPFER, P. and CHAKRABORTY, T. 2016. Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Elizabethkingia using whole-genome sequencing: Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4555-4559.
Article in IJSEM Online

Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011 emend. Kämpfer et al. 2015 emend. Doijad et al. 2016.
Reference: DOIJAD, S., GHOSH, H., GLAESER, S., KÄMPFER, P. and CHAKRABORTY, T. 2016. Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Elizabethkingia using whole-genome sequencing: Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4555-4559.
Original article.

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Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JM-87=CIP 110885=LMG 28604=CCM 8570.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP113704.
Etymology: Gr. pref. endo, within; Gr. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. suff. -ica, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the original isolation from plant tissue.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER, P., BUSSE, H.-J., MCINROY, J. A. and GLAESER, S. P. 2015. Elizabethkingia endophytica sp. nov., isolated from Zea mays and emended description of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2187-2193.
Original article in IJSEM Online


Note: According to Doijad et al. (2016), Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011, and Elizabethkingia endophytica strain JM-87 is an additional strain of Elizabethkingia anophelis.
Reference: DOIJAD, S., GHOSH, H., GLAESER, S., KÄMPFER, P. and CHAKRABORTY, T. 2016. Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Elizabethkingia using whole-genome sequencing: Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4555-4559.
Article in IJSEM Online

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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 13253= CCUG 214 = CIP 60.57 = DSM 2800 = JCM 21065 = LMG 12279 = NBRC 12535 = NCTC 10016.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ704540.
Basonym: ¤ Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: ¤ Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994.
Etymology: Gr. n. meninx meningos, meninges, membrane covering the brain; Gr. adj. septikos, putrefactive; N.L. fem. adj. meningoseptica, apparently referring to association of the bacterium with both meningitis and septicaemia, but not septic meningitis as the name implies.
Valid publication: KIM (K.K.), KIM (M.K.), LIM (J.H.), PARK (H.Y.) and LEE (S.T.): Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1287-1293.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Elizabethkingia miricola (Li et al. 2004) Kim et al. 2005, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) W3-B1 = GTC 862 = DSM 14571 = JCM 11413.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB071953.
Basonym: ¤ Chryseobacterium miricola Li et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. mirum, derived from mir = peace (name of Russian space station); L. suff. -cola from L. masc. or fem. n. incola, inhabitant; N.L. masc. or fem. n. miricola, inhabitant of the Mir space station.
Valid publication: KIM (K.K.), KIM (M.K.), LIM (J.H.), PARK (H.Y.) and LEE (S.T.): Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1287-1293.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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