Name: Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.ca. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the original isolation from plant tissue

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e-li-za-be-T^HKIN-gi-a en-do-P^HY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCM 8570; CIP 110885; DSM 29660; JM-87; LMG 28604

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16S rRNA gene: KP113704 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Elizabethkingia endophytica sp. nov., isolated from Zea mays and emended description of Elizabethkingia anophelisKampfer et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2187-2193. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Elizabethkingia anophelis subsp. endophytica (Kämpfer et al. 2015) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Doijad et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011. Publication: Doijad S, Ghosh H, Glaeser S, Kampfer P, Chakraborty T. Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Elizabethkingia using whole-genome sequencing: Elizabethkingia endophytica Kampfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kampfer et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4555-4559. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Elizabethkingia endophytica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Elizabethkingia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Elizabethkingia Kim et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Elizabethkingia endophytica sp. nov., isolated from Zea mays and emended description of Elizabethkingia anophelisKampfer et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2187-2193. 🇩🇪

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