Name: Klebsiella singaporensis Li et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Type strains: DSM 16265; JCM 12419; strain LX3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Klebsiella variicola Rosenblueth et al. 2004

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• 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.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht".

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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