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Species Enterobacter dissolvens
Name: Enterobacter dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Brenner et al. 1988
Basonym: "Pseudomonas dissolvens" Rosen 1922
Etymology: dis.sol’vens. N.L. masc. part. adj. dissolvens, dissolving
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … dis-SOL-wens, masculine
Type strain: Arkansas Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. No. 209; ATCC 23373; CCUG 25230; CIP 105586; DSM 16657; ICMP 1570; JCM 6049; LMG 2683; NCPPB 1850
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Z96079
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Brenner DJ, McWhorter AC, Kai A, Steigerwalt AG, Farmer JJ. Enterobacter asburiae sp. nov., a new species found in clinical specimens, and reassignment of Erwinia dissolvens and Erwinia nimipressuralis to the genus Enterobacter as Enterobacter dissolvens comb. nov. and Enterobacter nimipressuralis comb. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 23:1114-1120. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Hoffmann et al. 2005
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Hoffmann et al. 2005 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank Erwinia dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Burkholder 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Pseudomonas dissolvens" Rosen 1922 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- ❗ Enterobacter dissolvens 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 Enterobacter.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
Parent taxon: Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Brenner DJ, McWhorter AC, Kai A, Steigerwalt AG, Farmer JJ. Enterobacter asburiae sp. nov., a new species found in clinical specimens, and reassignment of Erwinia dissolvens and Erwinia nimipressuralis to the genus Enterobacter as Enterobacter dissolvens comb. nov. and Enterobacter nimipressuralis comb. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 23:1114-1120. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 775937
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