Name: "Cloaca cloacae" (Jordan 1890) Castellani and Chalmers 1919

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus cloacae" Jordan 1890

Etymology: clo.a’cae. L. gen. fem. n. cloacae, privy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … klo-A-ka͡e, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13047; CCUG 28448; CCUG 29301; CCUG 6323; CIP 60.85; DSM 30054; HAMBI 1295; HAMBI 96; IFO 13535; JCM 1232; LMG 2783; NBIMCC 8570; NBRC 13535; NCTC 10005

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Original publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. A Manual of Tropical Medicine. 3rd ed. William Wood and Co, New York, 1919.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium cloacae" (Jordan 1890) Lehmann and Neumann 1896	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Bacillus cloacae" Jordan 1890	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Cloaca" Castellani and Chalmers 1919. Publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of Tropical Medicine. William Wood And Company, New York, 1919.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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.
  • 🧍 See also Castellani (1956). Publication: Castellani A. [Variety of Cloaca cloacae (Jordan) Aerobacter cloacae Bergey et al., found in the intact bullae of a pemphigoid disease of chronic development: Cloaca cloacae var. marocana n.v.; various considerations on the genus Cloaca Cast. and Chalm]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1956; 91:581-584.

Parent taxon: "Cloaca" Castellani and Chalmers 1919

Assigned by: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. A Manual of Tropical Medicine. 3rd ed. William Wood and Co, New York, 1919.

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Record number: 2979