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Species Enterobacter quasihormaechei
Name: Enterobacter quasihormaechei Wang et al. 2020
Etymology: qua.si.hor.mae’che.i. L. conj. quasi, nearly, almost; N.L. gen. masc. n. hormaechei, of Hormarche, and a specific epithet in the genus Enterobacter; N.L. gen. masc. n. quasihormaechei, almost hormaechei
Type strain: GDMCC 1.1568; NCTC 14274; WCHEs120003
16S rRNA gene:
MK567958
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wang C, Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Xie Y, Zong Z. Enterobacter wuhouensis sp. nov. and Enterobacter quasihormaechei sp. nov. recovered from human sputum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:874-881. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 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 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Wang C, Wu W, Wei L, Feng Y, Kang M, Xie Y, Zong Z. Enterobacter wuhouensis sp. nov. and Enterobacter quasihormaechei sp. nov. recovered from human sputum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:874-881.
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Record number: 5769
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