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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Superficieibacter

Name: Superficieibacter Potter et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Su.per.fi.ci.e.i.bac’ter. L. fem. n. superficies, surface; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Superficieibacter, a rod from a surface

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Superficieibacter-), su-per-fi-ki-e-i-BAK-ter

Type species: Superficieibacter electus Potter et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Potter RF, D'Souza AW, Wallace MA, Shupe A, Patel S, Gul D, Kwon JH, Beatty W, Andleeb S, Burnham CD, et al. Superficieibacter electus gen. nov., sp. nov., an Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase Possessing Member of the Enterobacteriaceae Family, Isolated From Intensive Care Unit Surfaces. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1629. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Potter RF, D'Souza AW, Wallace MA, Shupe A, Patel S, Gul D, Kwon JH, Beatty W, Andleeb S, Burnham CD, et al. Superficieibacter electus gen. nov., sp. nov., an Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase Possessing Member of the Enterobacteriaceae Family, Isolated From Intensive Care Unit Surfaces. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1629. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 67861
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