Name: Kosakonia beeri Jordan et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bee’ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. beeri, named to honour Steven V. Beer, who made significant contributions to bacterial onion disease research

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-sa-KO-ni-a BEE-ri, feminine

Type strain: AX9b; CCOS 2091; CFBP 9467

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16S rRNA gene: PX239972 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jordan S, Pothier JF, Rezzonico F, Kvitko BH, Coutinho TA, Smits THM. Kosakonia beeri sp. nov. and Phytobacter cepae sp. nov. isolated from onion (Allium cepa). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7043. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7093.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-02-03.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kosakonia Brady et al. 2013

Assigned by: Jordan S, Pothier JF, Rezzonico F, Kvitko BH, Coutinho TA, Smits THM. Kosakonia beeri sp. nov. and Phytobacter cepae sp. nov. isolated from onion (Allium cepa). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7043. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 70081

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