Name: Klebsiella oxytoca (Flügge 1886) Lautrop 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus oxytocus" Flügge 1886

Etymology: o.xy.to.ca. Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sour, acid; Gr. suff. -tokos, producing; N.L. fem. adj. oxytoca, acid-producing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13182; CCUG 15717; CIP 103434; DSM 5175; HAMBI 1301; JCM 1665; LMG 3055; NBRC 102593

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681870 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lautrop H. Gelatin-liquefying Klebsiella strains (Bacterium oxytocum (Flugge) ). Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1956; 39:375-384.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus oxytocus" Flügge 1886	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2024 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lautrop H. Gelatin-liquefying Klebsiella strains (Bacterium oxytocum (Flugge) ). Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1956; 39:375-384.

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Record number: 777149