Name: Klebsiella alba Xu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white, the color of colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 206144; CW-D 3; DSM 100662; KCTC 12878; LMG 24441

16S rRNA gene: EF154517 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu J, Li W, Chen X, Zhou Y. Klebsiella alba sp. nov., a novel pesticide-tolerant bacterium from a heavily polluted environment. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:241-247.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae Brisse et al. 2014

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae Brisse et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Klebsiella alba 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 Klebsiella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Xu J, Li W, Chen X, Zhou Y. Klebsiella alba sp. nov., a novel pesticide-tolerant bacterium from a heavily polluted environment. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:241-247.

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