Species Enterobacter cloacae
Name: Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacillus cloacae" Jordan 1890
Etymology: clo.a’cae. L. gen. fem. n. cloacae, of a sewer
Type strain: ATCC 13047; CCUG 28448; CCUG 29301; CCUG 6323; CIP 60.85; DSM 30054; HAMBI 1295; HAMBI 96; IFO 13535; JCM 1232; LMG 2783; NBRC 13535; NCTC 10005
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16S rRNA gene:
AJ251469
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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: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacterium cloacae" (Jordan 1890) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Cloaca cloacae" (Jordan 1890) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Bacillus cloacae" Jordan 1890 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
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Nomenclatural type of the genus Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Hormaeche E, Edwards PR. A proposed genus Enterobacter. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1960; 10:71-74.
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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.
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On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Enterobacter cloacae (Jordon [sic] 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960.
Publication:
Euzéby JP. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and to the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:1271-1272.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
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Nomenclatural type of the genus Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Hormaeche E, Edwards PR. A proposed genus Enterobacter. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1960; 10:71-74.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Hoffmann et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name Enterobacter cloacae subsp. cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hoffmann et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 775933
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