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)

Pronunciation, gender: … e-LEK-tri-ka, feminine

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

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 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