Name: Escherichia vulneris Brenner et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vul’ne.ris. L. neut. n. vulnus, a wound; L. gen. neut. n. vulneris, of a wound

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33821; CCUG 15715; CDC 875; CDC 875-72; CIP 103177; DSM 4564; HAMBI 1694; JCM 1688; LMG 7868; NBRC 102420; NCTC 12130

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16S rRNA gene: AB681776 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brenner DJ, McWhorter AC, Knutson JK, Steigerwalt AG. Escherichia vulneris: a new species of Enterobacteriaceae associated with human wounds. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 15:1133-1140.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudescherichia vulneris (Brenner et al. 1983) Alnajar and Gupta 2017

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudescherichia vulneris (Brenner et al. 1983) Alnajar and Gupta 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Escherichia vulneris 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 Escherichia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 39 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 Escherichia vulneris Brenner et al. 1983 was previously known as CDC Enteric Group 1, or API group 2, or Alma group 1. Publication: Palleroni NJ. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula 1894, 237 AL (Nom. Cons., Opin. 5 of the Jud. Comm. 1952, 121). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 323-379.

Parent taxon: Escherichia Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brenner DJ, McWhorter AC, Knutson JK, Steigerwalt AG. Escherichia vulneris: a new species of Enterobacteriaceae associated with human wounds. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 15:1133-1140.

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