Genus Kosakonia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 7
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Kosakonia Brady et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Kosakonia cowanii Brady et al. 2013.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Kosakonia, named after Yoshimasa Kosako, for his contribution to bacterial taxonomy.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
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Effective publication: BRADY, C., CLEENWERCK, I., VENTER, S., COUTINHO, T. and DE VOS, P. 2013. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 36, 309-319.
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→ Kosakonia Brady et al. 2013 emend. Gu et al. 2014.
Reference: GU, C. T., LI, C. Y., YANG, L. J. and HUO, G. C. 2014. Enterobacter xiangfangensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional sourdough, and reclassification of Enterobacter sacchari Zhu et al. 2013 as Kosakonia sacchari comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2650-2656.
Original article.
Kosakonia arachidis (Madhaiyan et al. 2010) Brady et al. 2013, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ah-143=LMG 26131=KCTC 22375.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU672801.
Basonym: ¤ Enterobacter arachidis Madhaiyan et al. 2010
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. arachidis, of Arachis, isolated from groundnut Arachis hypogaea L..
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: BRADY, C., CLEENWERCK, I., VENTER, S., COUTINHO, T. and DE VOS, P. 2013. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 36, 309-319.
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Kosakonia cowanii (Inoue et al. 2001) Brady et al. 2013, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 888-76=LMG 23569=JCM 10956.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ508303.
Basonym: ¤ Enterobacter cowanii Inoue et al. 2001
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. cowanii, of Cowan, named after Samuel Tertius Cowan (1905-1976), a British bacteriologist.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: BRADY, C., CLEENWERCK, I., VENTER, S., COUTINHO, T. and DE VOS, P. 2013. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 36, 309-319.
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Kosakonia oryzae (Peng et al. 2009) Brady et al. 2013, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ola 51=LMG 24251=CGMCC 1.7012.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF488759.
Basonym: ¤ Enterobacter oryzae Peng et al. 2009
Etymology: L. gen. n. oryzae, of rice, from which the first strains were isolated.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: BRADY, C., CLEENWERCK, I., VENTER, S., COUTINHO, T. and DE VOS, P. 2013. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 36, 309-319.
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Kosakonia oryzendophytica Li et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) REICA_082=LMG 26432=NCCB 100390.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF795011.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Basonym: ¤ Enterobacter oryzendophyticus Hardoim et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. fem. n. oryza, rice; Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. masc. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. oryzendophytica, within rice plant, pertaining to the original isolation from rice tissues.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: LI, C. Y., ZHOU, Y. L., JI, J. and GU, C. T. 2016. Reclassification of Enterobacter oryziphilus and Enterobacter oryzendophyticus as Kosakonia oryziphila comb. nov. and Kosakonia oryzendophytica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2780-2783.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Kosakonia oryziphila Li et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) REICA_142=LMG 26429=NCCB 100393.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF795013.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Basonym: ¤ Enterobacter oryziphilus Hardoim et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. fem. n. oryza, rice; philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. oryziphila, rice-loving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: LI, C. Y., ZHOU, Y. L., JI, J. and GU, C. T. 2016. Reclassification of Enterobacter oryziphilus and Enterobacter oryzendophyticus as Kosakonia oryziphila comb. nov. and Kosakonia oryzendophytica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2780-2783.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Kosakonia radicincitans (Kämpfer et al. 2005) Brady et al. 2013, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) D5/23=LMG 23767=DSM 16656.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY563134.
Basonym: ¤ Enterobacter radicincitans Kämpfer et al. 2005
Etymology: L. n. radix -icis, a root; L. part. adj. incitans, promoting the growth; N. L. part. adj. radicincitans, promoting root growth of plants.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3931-3934.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: BRADY, C., CLEENWERCK, I., VENTER, S., COUTINHO, T. and DE VOS, P. 2013. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 36, 309-319.
Effective publication Online
Kosakonia sacchari Gu et al. 2014, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SP1=CGMCC 1.12102=LMG 26783.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ001784.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Enterobacter sacchari Zhu et al. 2013
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. sacchari, of Saccharum, isolated from Saccharum officinarum L. (sugar cane).
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: GU, C. T., LI, C. Y., YANG, L. J. and HUO, G. C. 2014. Enterobacter xiangfangensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional sourdough, and reclassification of Enterobacter sacchari Zhu et al. 2013 as Kosakonia sacchari comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2650-2656.
Original article in IJSEM Online