Name: Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.no.scle.ro.ma.tis. N.L. fem. adj. rhinoscleromatis, of rhinoscleroma

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13884; CCUG 417; CIP 52.210; DSM 16231; JCM 1664; LMG 3184; NCTC 5046

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y17657 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trevisan V. Sul Micrococco della rabbia e sulla possiblità di riconoscere durante il periode d'incubazione, dall'esame del sangue della persona moricata, se ha contratta l'infezione rabbica. Rendiconti dell'Instituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere (Ser 2) 1887; 20:88-105.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis (Trevisan 1887) Ørskov 1984

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis (Trevisan 1887) Ørskov 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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. — 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 138 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Trevisan V. Sul Micrococco della rabbia e sulla possiblità di riconoscere durante il periode d'incubazione, dall'esame del sangue della persona moricata, se ha contratta l'infezione rabbica. Rendiconti dell'Instituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere (Ser 2) 1887; 20:88-105.

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Record number: 784053