Name: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Calymmatobacterium Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• 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.
    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.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 species from the genus.

• 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 22

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Klebsiella aerogenes (Hormaeche and Edwards 1960) Tindall et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella africana corrig. Rodrigues et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella africanensis (sic) Rodrigues et al. 2019	misspelling	synonym
    Klebsiella alba Xu et al. 2015	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella granulomatis (Aragão and Vianna 1913) Carter et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella grimontii Passet and Brisse 2018	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella huaxiensis Hu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella michiganensis Saha et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella mobilis Bascomb et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published, illegitimate name	synonym
    Klebsiella ornithinolytica Sakazaki et al. 1989	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella oxytoca (Flügge 1886) Lautrop 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella ozaenae (Abel 1893) Bergey et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella pasteurii Merla et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella planticola Bagley et al. 1982	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella pneumoniae (Schroeter 1886) Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella quasipneumoniae Brisse et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella singaporensis Li et al. 2004	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella spallanzanii Merla et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Klebsiella terrigena Izard et al. 1981	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella trevisanii Ferragut et al. 1983	validly published	synonym
    Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 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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