Name: Klebsiella scottii (Brady et al. 2024) Göker et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Raoultella scottii corrig. Brady et al. 2024

Etymology: scot’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. scottii, named after Lewis Scott for his contribution and support of Acute Oak Decline research

Pronunciation, gender: … SKOT-ti-i, feminine

Type strain: BAC 10 a-01-01; CCUG 77096; LMG 33072

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16S rRNA gene: OQ813756 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Göker M, Christensen H, Fingerle V, Kostovski M, Margos G, Moore ERB, Oren A, Patrick S, Reischl U, Vázquez-Boland JA. List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Raoultella scottii corrig. Brady et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Raoultella scottia Brady et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-28.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Klebsiella Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Göker M, Christensen H, Fingerle V, Kostovski M, Margos G, Moore ERB, Oren A, Patrick S, Reischl U, Vázquez-Boland JA. List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 68129