Species Enterobacter muelleri

Name: Enterobacter muelleri Kämpfer et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: muel’le.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. muelleri, named after Hans Emil Müller, a German microbiologist who has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of Enterobacteriaceae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-BAK-ter MU͡EL-le-ri, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8546; CIP 110826; DSM 29346; JM-458; LMG 28480

16S rRNA gene: KP345900 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Enterobacter muelleri sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4093-4099. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Enterobacter asburiae Brenner et al. 1988

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Enterobacter asburiae Brenner et al. 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Sutton et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Enterobacter asburiae Brenner et al. 1988. Publication: Sutton GG, Brinkac LM, Clarke TH, Fouts DE. Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. hoffmannii subsp. nov., Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. xiangfangensis comb. nov., Enterobacter roggenkampii sp. nov., and Enterobacter muelleri is a later heterotypic synonym of Enterobacter asburiae based on computational analysis of sequenced Enterobacter genomes. F1000Res 2018; 7:521. 🇺🇸
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
- ❗ Enterobacter muelleri 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 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.

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

Assigned by: Kampfer P, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Enterobacter muelleri sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4093-4099. 🇩🇪

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