Name: "Escherichia vulneris" Dif et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … WUL-ne-ris, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 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: AB681776 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dif G, Djemouai N, Bouras N, Zitouni A. In-Depth Genome-Based Analysis of Shigella spp. and Escherichia spp.: Resolving Ambiguities and Unveiling Phylogenetic Relationships. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:170. 🇩🇿

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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
    Escherichia vulneris Brenner et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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.

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

Assigned by: Dif G, Djemouai N, Bouras N, Zitouni A. In-Depth Genome-Based Analysis of Shigella spp. and Escherichia spp.: Resolving Ambiguities and Unveiling Phylogenetic Relationships. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:170. 🇩🇿

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