Name: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Klebs.i.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Klebsiella, named after Edwin Klebs (1834-1913), a German bacteriologist

Gender: feminine (stem: Klebsiell-)

Type species: Klebsiella pneumoniae (Schroeter 1886) Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Raoultella Drancourt et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Calymmatobacterium Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Carter et al. 1999 Carter JS, Bowden FJ, Bastian I, Myers GM, Sriprakash KS, Kemp DJ. Phylogenetic evidence for reclassification of Calymmatobacterium granulomatis as Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1695-1700. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Drancourt et al. 2001 Drancourt M, Bollet C, Carta A, Rousselier P. Phylogenetic analyses of Klebsiella species delineate Klebsiella and Raoultella gen. nov., with description of Raoultella ornithinolytica comb. nov., Raoultella terrigena comb. nov. and Raoultella planticola comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:925-932. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 species from the genus.
  • Gujarati et al. 2020 Gujarati S, Chaudhari D, Hagir A, Khairnar M, Shouche Y, Rahi P. Klebsiella indica sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a tomato. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3278-3286. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus. — The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • Ma et al. 2021 Ma Y, Wu X, Li S, Tang L, Chen M, An Q. Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov. Res Microbiol 2021; 172:103851. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe "Eschericheae". Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the tribe Escherichieae Bergey et al. 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Hyalococcus]. Publication: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Alebsiella"; "Hebsiella"; "Kelbsiella"; "Kelebcilla"; "Kfebsiella"; "Kiebsiella"; "Kkbsiella"; "Klabsiella"; "Klbesiella"; "Klebisefla"; "Klebisella"; "Klebisiella"; "Klebliella"; "Klebseilla"; "Klebsella"; "Klebsellia"; "Klebsialla"; "Klebsidla"; "Klebsiefla"; "Klebsielfa"; "Klebsielia"; "Klebsiellaa"; "Klebsiellla"; "Klebsiellu"; "Klebsierlla"; "Klebsieua"; "Klebsilla"; "Klebsivlla"; "Klebslella"; "Klebszella"; "Klebxiella"; "Klehsiella"; "Klesbisella"; "Klesbsiella"; "Klrbsiella"; "Klubsellia"; "Ktebsiella".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ma et al. (2022), Merla et al. (2019). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 19; CIP: 17; ATCC: 12; JCM: 11; CCUG: 10; LMG: 9; NBRC: 7; NCTC: 7; IFO: 5; NBIMCC: 3.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "KLEB" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 23
Total number of child taxa: 27

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Klebsiella aerogenes (Hormaeche and Edwards 1960) Tindall et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella africana corrig. Rodrigues et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella africanensis Rodrigues et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Klebsiella alba Xu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Klebsiella edwardsii" Cowan et al. 1960	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Klebsiella electrica (Kimura et al. 2014) Ma et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella granulomatis (Aragão and Vianna 1913) Carter et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella grimontii Passet and Brisse 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella huaxiensis Hu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella indica Gujarati et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella michiganensis Saha et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella mobilis Bascomb et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Klebsiella ornithinolytica Sakazaki et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella oxytoca (Flügge 1886) Lautrop 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella ozaenae (Abel 1893) Bergey et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Klebsiella pasteurii Merla et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella planticola Bagley et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella pneumoniae (Schroeter 1886) Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella quasipneumoniae Brisse et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Klebsiella quasivariicola" Long et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Klebsiella rubiacearum" (Faber 1912) Centifanto and Silver 1964	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Klebsiella singaporensis Li et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Klebsiella spallanzanii Merla et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella terrigena Izard et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klebsiella trevisanii Ferragut et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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