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Genus "Cronobacter"
Name: "Cronobacter" Iversen et al. 2007
Gender: masculine (stem: Cronobacter-)
Type species: "Cronobacter sakazakii" (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2007
Original publication:
Iversen C, Lehner A, Mullane N, Bidlas E, Cleenwerck I, Marugg J, Fanning S, Stephan R, Joosten H. The taxonomy of Enterobacter sakazakii: proposal of a new genus Cronobacter gen. nov. and descriptions of Cronobacter sakazakii comb. nov. Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii, comb. nov., Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. malonaticus subsp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov. and Cronobacter genomospecies 1. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:64. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Cronobacter Iversen et al. 2008
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Cronobacter Iversen et al. 2008 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chronobacter"; "Cromobacter".
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Holmes B, Farmer Iii JJ. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Enterobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 7 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2643-2645.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; LMG: 3; ATCC: 2; JCM: 2; CIP: 2; NCTC: 1; NBRC: 1; CCUG: 1; NBIMCC: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Cronobacter dublinensis" Iversen et al. 2007 not validly published synonym "Cronobacter muytjensii" Iversen et al. 2007 not validly published synonym "Cronobacter sakazakii" (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2007 not validly published synonym "Cronobacter turicensis" Iversen et al. 2007 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.
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Record number: 16951
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