Name: Klebsiella singaporensis Li et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sin.ga.po.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. singaporensis, of Singapore, the country in which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: sin-ga-po-REN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 16265; JCM 12419; LX3

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16S rRNA gene: AF250285 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li X, Zhang D, Chen F, Ma J, Dong Y, Zhang L. Klebsiella singaporensis sp. nov., a novel isomaltulose-producing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2131-2136. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Brisse et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004. Publication: Brisse S, Passet V, Grimont PA. Description of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae sp. nov., isolated from human infections, with two subspecies, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae subsp. nov. and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae subsp. nov., and demonstration that Klebsiella singaporensis is a junior heterotypic synonym of Klebsiella variicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3146-3152. 🇫🇷
  • ❗ Klebsiella singaporensis 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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 3 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: Li X, Zhang D, Chen F, Ma J, Dong Y, Zhang L. Klebsiella singaporensis sp. nov., a novel isomaltulose-producing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2131-2136. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 777155