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
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.
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
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
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