Name: Raoultella planticola (Bagley et al. 1982) Drancourt et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Klebsiella planticola Bagley et al. 1982

Etymology: plan.ti’co.la. L. fem. n. planta, any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species, a young plant, a plant; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. planticola, plant-dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ra-oul-TEL-la plan-TI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33531; CCUG 15718; CDC 4245; CDC 4245-72; CIP 100751; DSM 3069; IFO 14939; JCM 7251; NBRC 14939; NCTC 12998; V-236

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16S rRNA gene: AB680712 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Drancourt M, Bollet C, Carta A, Rousselier P. Phylogenetic analyses of Klebsiella species delineate Klebsiella and Raoultella gen. nov., with description of Raoultella ornithinolytica comb. nov., Raoultella terrigena comb. nov. and Raoultella planticola comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:925-932. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Klebsiella planticola Bagley et al. 1982

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella planticola Bagley et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Klebsiella trevisanii Ferragut et al. 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Raoultella Drancourt et al. 2001. Publication: Drancourt M, Bollet C, Carta A, Rousselier P. Phylogenetic analyses of Klebsiella species delineate Klebsiella and Raoultella gen. nov., with description of Raoultella ornithinolytica comb. nov., Raoultella terrigena comb. nov. and Raoultella planticola comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:925-932. 🇫🇷
  • ⏰ According to Gavini et al. (1986), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Klebsiella trevisanii Ferragut et al. 1983. Publication: Gavini F, Izard D, Grimont PAD, Beji A, Ageron E, Leclerc H. Priority of Klebsiella planticola Bagley, Seidler, and Brenner 1982 over Klebsiella trevisanii Ferragut, Izard, Gavini, Kersters, De Ley, and Leclerc 1983. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:486-488. 🇫🇷
  • ❗ Raoultella planticola 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 Raoultella.
  • 😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 194 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 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.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Raoultella Drancourt et al. 2001

Assigned by: Drancourt M, Bollet C, Carta A, Rousselier P. Phylogenetic analyses of Klebsiella species delineate Klebsiella and Raoultella gen. nov., with description of Raoultella ornithinolytica comb. nov., Raoultella terrigena comb. nov. and Raoultella planticola comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:925-932. 🇫🇷

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