Name: Superficieibacter electus Potter et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.lec’tus. L. masc. part. adj. electus, chosen

Pronunciation, gender: e-LEK-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2937; BP-1(T); NBRC 113412

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG866003 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Potter RF, D'Souza AW, Wallace MA, Shupe A, Patel S, Gul D, Kwon JH, Beatty W, Andleeb S, Burnham CD, et al. Superficieibacter electus gen. nov., sp. nov., an Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase Possessing Member of the Enterobacteriaceae Family, Isolated From Intensive Care Unit Surfaces. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1629.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Superficieibacter Potter et al. 2025. Publication: Potter RF, D'Souza AW, Wallace MA, Shupe A, Patel S, Gul D, Kwon JH, Beatty W, Andleeb S, Burnham CD, et al. Superficieibacter electus gen. nov., sp. nov., an Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase Possessing Member of the Enterobacteriaceae Family, Isolated From Intensive Care Unit Surfaces. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1629.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Superficieibacter Potter et al. 2025

Assigned by: Potter RF, D'Souza AW, Wallace MA, Shupe A, Patel S, Gul D, Kwon JH, Beatty W, Andleeb S, Burnham CD, et al. Superficieibacter electus gen. nov., sp. nov., an Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase Possessing Member of the Enterobacteriaceae Family, Isolated From Intensive Care Unit Surfaces. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1629.

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Record number: 67896