Name: Cedecea neteri Farmer et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ne’te.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. neteri, of Neter, named to honor Erwin Neter, an American physician and microbiologist who made many contributions to our knowledge of the family Enterobacteriaceae, particularly the role of this family in human disease

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ke-DE-ke-a NE-te-ri, feminine

Type strain: 002 of Grimont et al.; ATCC 33855; CCUG 18763; CDC 621-75; CIP 103241; DSM 13693; JCM 7582; LMG 7864; NCTC 12120

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB086230 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Farmer JJ, Sheth NK, Hudzinski JA, Rose HD, Asbury MF. Bacteremia due to Cedecea neteri sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 16:775-778.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Cedecea Grimont et al. 1981

Assigned by: Farmer JJ, Sheth NK, Hudzinski JA, Rose HD, Asbury MF. Bacteremia due to Cedecea neteri sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 16:775-778.

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