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Species Enterobacter huaxiensis

Name: Enterobacter huaxiensis Wu et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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: en-te-ro-BAK-ter hu-a-xi-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 90008; CCTCC AB 2018174; CNCTC 7648; GDMCC 1.1426; NCTC 14276

16S rRNA gene: MK049964 Analysetree FASTA download

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. 🇨🇳

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)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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.
    • 🧍 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