Genus Raoultella

Name: Raoultella Drancourt et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ra.oul.tel’la. M.L. dim. suff. tella; N.L. fem. dim. n. Raoultella, named after the French bacteriologist Didier Raoult, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Raoultell-), ra-oul-TEL-la

Type species: Raoultella planticola (Bagley et al. 1982) Drancourt et al. 2001

Valid publication: 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. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
Calymmatobacterium Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Brady et al. 2024 Brady C, Crampton B, Kaur S, Maddock D, Kile H, Arnold D, Denman S. Two novel Raoultella species associated with bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts, Raoultella scottia sp. nov. and Raoultella lignicola sp. nov. Frontiers in Microbiology 2024; 15:0. 🇬🇧 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bagley ST, Seidler RJ, Brenner DJ. Klebsiella planticola sp. nov.: a new species of Enterobacteriaceae found primarily in nonclinical environments. Curr. Microbiol. 1981; 6:105-109.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Raoultela"; "Raoutella"; "Roultella".
- ❗ Raoultella is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 7; DSM: 4; LMG: 4; CIP: 4; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 3; JCM: 3; NCTC: 2; IFO: 2; KCTC: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Raoultella electrica Kimura et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Raoultella lignicola Brady et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Raoultella ornithinolytica (Sakazaki et al. 1989) Drancourt et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Raoultella planticola (Bagley et al. 1982) Drancourt et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Raoultella scottia Brady et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Raoultella scottii corrig. Brady et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Raoultella terrigena (Izard et al. 1981) Drancourt et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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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