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Species Enterobacter huaxiensis
Name: Enterobacter huaxiensis Wu et al. 2019
Etymology: hu.a.xi.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. huaxiensis, belonging to West China (Huaxi in Chinese) Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, where the type strain was recovered
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hu-a-ksi-EN-sis, masculine
Type strain: 90008; CCTCC AB 2018174; CNCTC 7648; GDMCC 1.1426; NCTC 14276
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MK049964
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Zong Z. Enterobacter huaxiensis sp. nov. and Enterobacter chuandaensis sp. nov., recovered from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:708-714. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Zong Z. Enterobacter huaxiensis sp. nov. and Enterobacter chuandaensis sp. nov., recovered from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:708-714. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 800159
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