Effective publication:
Hormaeche E, Edwards PR. A proposed genus Enterobacter. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1960; 10:71-74.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
Brady et al. 2013
Brady C, Cleenwerck I, Venter S, Coutinho T, De Vos P. 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 2013; 36:309-319.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 19. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:8-10. Notes:
Emendation accompanied by the removal of 11 species from the genus.
Notes:
Nomenclatural type of the family Enterobacteraceae (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982.Publication:
Lapage SP. Proposal of Enterobacteraceae fam. nov., nom. rev. as a Substitute for the Family Name Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:237-238.
Nomenclatural type of the order Enterobacterales Adeolu et al. 2016.Publication:
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.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Jordan EO. A report on certain species of bacteria observed in sewage. In: Sedgewick WT (eds), A report of the biological work of the Lawrence Experiment Station, including an account of methods employed and results obtained in the microscopical and bacteriological investigation of sewage and water. Report on water supply and sewerage (Part II). Report of the Massachusetts Board of Public Health, Massachusetts Board of Public Health, Boston, 1890, p. 821-844.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Cloaca" Castellani and Chalmers 1919.Publication:
Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. A Manual of Tropical Medicine. 3rd ed. William Wood and Co, New York, 1919.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831.Publication:
Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Emerobacter"; "Enferobacter"; "Enierobacter"; "Enlerobacter"; "Enlerohacler"; "Enrerobacter"; "Entcrobacter"; "Enteirobacter"; "Enteobacter"; "Enterabacter"; "Enteribacter"; "Enterobucter"; "Enterohucter"; "Enteroobacter"; "Entherobacter"; "Entrobacter"; "Enzerobacter"; "Etiterobacter"; "Imterobacter"; "Znterobacter". — This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Enterobacteria"; "Enterobacteriae".
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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06492 (N = 6).
The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 32; LMG: 26; CCUG: 26; CIP: 19; JCM: 18; ATCC: 17; NCTC: 12; KCTC: 9; NBRC: 7; ICMP: 5.
Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ENBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 28). Rejection of the name Cloaca Castellani and Chalmers and conservation of its counterpart.Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 28. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1963; 13:38.
According to the Judicial Opinion 15, the genus Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980) is an exception to Rules 15 and 21a because it is not the type genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). The Judicial Opinion 15 states that the nomenclatural type of the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) is the the genus Escherichia Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 15. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1958; 8:73-74.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 22 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 46 Total number of child taxa: 54
Assigned by:
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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