Name: Kluyvera chengduensis Liu et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cheng.du.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. chengduensis, referring to Chengdu, China, where the type strain was recovered

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: KLUY-we-ra k^hen͡g-du-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 142359; GDMCC 1.5094; JCM 37737

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16S rRNA gene: PV388012 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu L, Feng Y, Wen H, Zong Z. Reporting two novel Kluyvera species, Kluyvera huaxiensis and Kluyvera chengduensis, isolated from human sputa. Front Microbiol 2025; 16:1683098. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 229. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7141.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Kluyvera Farmer et al. 1981

Assigned by: Liu L, Feng Y, Wen H, Zong Z. Reporting two novel Kluyvera species, Kluyvera huaxiensis and Kluyvera chengduensis, isolated from human sputa. Front Microbiol 2025; 16:1683098. 🇨🇳

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