Name: "Cronobacter turicensis" Iversen et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.ri.cen’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. turicensis, pertaining to Turicum, the Latin name of Zurich, as the type strain originates from Zurich, Switzerland

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 3032; DSM 18703; LMG 23827; z3032

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF059891 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Iversen C, Lehner A, Mullane N, Bidlas E, Cleenwerck I, Marugg J, Fanning S, Stephan R, Joosten H. The taxonomy of Enterobacter sakazakii: proposal of a new genus Cronobacter gen. nov. and descriptions of Cronobacter sakazakii comb. nov. Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii, comb. nov., Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. malonaticus subsp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov. and Cronobacter genomospecies 1. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:64.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cronobacter turicensis Iversen et al. 2008

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cronobacter turicensis Iversen et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09115 (N = 36).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.

Parent taxon: "Cronobacter" Iversen et al. 2007

Assigned by: Iversen C, Lehner A, Mullane N, Bidlas E, Cleenwerck I, Marugg J, Fanning S, Stephan R, Joosten H. The taxonomy of Enterobacter sakazakii: proposal of a new genus Cronobacter gen. nov. and descriptions of Cronobacter sakazakii comb. nov. Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii, comb. nov., Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. malonaticus subsp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov. and Cronobacter genomospecies 1. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:64.

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