Name: Klebsiella electrica (Kimura et al. 2014) Ma et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Raoultella electrica Kimura et al. 2014

Etymology: e.lec’tri.ca. N.L. fem. adj. electrica, referring to generation of electricity (electron so called because it first was generated by rubbing amber)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 1GB; DSM 102253T; KCTC 32430; NBRC 109676

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB762091 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ma Y, Wu X, Li S, Tang L, Chen M, An Q. Corrigendum to "Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov." [Res microbiol 172 (2021) 103851]. Res Microbiol 2022; 173:103924.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 208. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5592.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Raoultella electrica Kimura et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also Ma et al. (2021). Publication: Ma Y, Wu X, Li S, Tang L, Chen M, An Q. Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov. Res Microbiol 2021; 172:103851.

Parent taxon: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ma Y, Wu X, Li S, Tang L, Chen M, An Q. Corrigendum to "Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov." [Res microbiol 172 (2021) 103851]. Res Microbiol 2022; 173:103924.

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Record number: 11515