Name: Siccibacter turicensis (Stephan et al. 2007) Stephan et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Enterobacter turicensis Stephan et al. 2007

Etymology: tu.ric.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. turicensis, from Turicum/Zurich, from where the species was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 508/05; DSM 18397; JCM 16472; LMG 23730

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ992947 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stephan R, Grim CJ, Gopinath GR, Mammel MK, Sathyamoorthy V, Trach LH, Chase HR, Fanning S, Tall BD. Re-examination of the taxonomic status of Enterobacter helveticus, Enterobacter pulveris and Enterobacter turicensis as members of the genus Cronobacter and their reclassification in the genera Franconibacter gen. nov. and Siccibacter gen. nov. as Franconibacter helveticus comb. nov., Franconibacter pulveris comb. nov. and Siccibacter turicensis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3402-3410.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Enterobacter turicensis Stephan et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cronobacter zurichensis Brady et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Jackson et al. 2015 Jackson EE, Masood N, Ibrahim K, Urvoy N, Hariri S, Forsythe SJ. Description of Siccibacter colletis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from plant material, and emended description of Siccibacter turicensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1335-1341. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Siccibacter Stephan et al. 2014. Publication: Stephan R, Grim CJ, Gopinath GR, Mammel MK, Sathyamoorthy V, Trach LH, Chase HR, Fanning S, Tall BD. Re-examination of the taxonomic status of Enterobacter helveticus, Enterobacter pulveris and Enterobacter turicensis as members of the genus Cronobacter and their reclassification in the genera Franconibacter gen. nov. and Siccibacter gen. nov. as Franconibacter helveticus comb. nov., Franconibacter pulveris comb. nov. and Siccibacter turicensis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3402-3410.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Siccibacter Stephan et al. 2014

Assigned by: Stephan R, Grim CJ, Gopinath GR, Mammel MK, Sathyamoorthy V, Trach LH, Chase HR, Fanning S, Tall BD. Re-examination of the taxonomic status of Enterobacter helveticus, Enterobacter pulveris and Enterobacter turicensis as members of the genus Cronobacter and their reclassification in the genera Franconibacter gen. nov. and Siccibacter gen. nov. as Franconibacter helveticus comb. nov., Franconibacter pulveris comb. nov. and Siccibacter turicensis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3402-3410.

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