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 strains: 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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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80734 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

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

• Notes:
  • Escherichia vulneris Brenner et al. 1983 was previously known as CDC Enteric Group 1, or API group 2, or Alma group 1.

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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