Species Enterobacter aerogenes

Name: Enterobacter aerogenes Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro’ge.nes. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. aerogenes, gas producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13048; CCUG 1429; CIP 60.86; DSM 30053; HAMBI 101; HAMBI 1898; IFO 13534; JCM 1235; LMG 2094; NBRC 13534; NCAIM B.01467; NCTC 10006

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16S rRNA gene: AJ251468 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hormaeche E, Edwards PR. A proposed genus Enterobacter. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1960; 10:71-74.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Klebsiella aerogenes (Hormaeche and Edwards 1960) Tindall et al. 2017

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Klebsiella aerogenes (Hormaeche and Edwards 1960) Tindall et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Klebsiella mobilis Bascomb et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Notes:
- Enterobacter aerogenes is the correct name 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 Enterobacter.
- 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 2022; 168:0.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

Parent taxon: Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hormaeche E, Edwards PR. A proposed genus Enterobacter. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1960; 10:71-74.

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