Species Enterobacter sakazakii

Name: Enterobacter sakazakii Farmer et al. 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.ka.za’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sakazakii, of Sakazaki, in honour of the Japanese microbiologist Riichi Sakazaki

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29544; CCUG 14558; CDC 4562-70; CIP 103183; DSM 4485; JCM 1233; LMG 5740; NBIMCC 8667; NBRC 102416; NCTC 11467

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16S rRNA gene: EF088379 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Farmer Iii JJ, Asbury MA, Hickman FW, Brenner DJ, The E. Enterobacter sakazakii: a new species of "Enterobacteriaceae" isolated from clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:569-584.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cronobacter sakazakii (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2008

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cronobacter sakazakii (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Cronobacter sakazakii" (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- Enterobacter sakazakii 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.
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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.
- Enterobacter sakazakii Farmer et al. 1980 was previously known as "yellow -pigmented Enterobacter cloacae". Publication: Hormaeche E, Edwards PR. A proposed genus Enterobacter. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1960; 10:71-74.

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

Assigned by: Farmer Iii JJ, Asbury MA, Hickman FW, Brenner DJ, The E. Enterobacter sakazakii: a new species of "Enterobacteriaceae" isolated from clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:569-584.

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