Name: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi Kämpfer et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.thro’pi. Gr. masc. n. anthrôpos, a human being; N.L. gen. masc. n. anthropi, of a human being, since the type strain is from a human clinical specimen

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C138; CCM 8478; DSM 27454; LMG 27750

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF057944 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Raza MW, Abbasi SA, Perry JD. Pseudocitrobacter gen. nov., a novel genus of the Enterobacteriaceae with two new species Pseudocitrobacter faecalis sp. nov., and Pseudocitrobacter anthropi sp. nov, isolated from fecal samples from hospitalized patients in Pakistan. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:17-22.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudocitrobacter faecalis Kämpfer et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudocitrobacter faecalis Kämpfer et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Kaempfer et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis Kämpfer et al. 2014. Publication: Kampfer P, Fuglsang-Damgaard D, Overballe-Petersen S, Hasman H, Hammerum AM, Fuursted K, Blom J, Glaeser SP, Hansen F. Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Pseudocitrobacter using whole genome sequencing: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis and description of Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1315-1320.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.
  • ❗ Pseudocitrobacter anthropi 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 Pseudocitrobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pseudocitrobacter Kämpfer et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Raza MW, Abbasi SA, Perry JD. Pseudocitrobacter gen. nov., a novel genus of the Enterobacteriaceae with two new species Pseudocitrobacter faecalis sp. nov., and Pseudocitrobacter anthropi sp. nov, isolated from fecal samples from hospitalized patients in Pakistan. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:17-22.

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