Name: Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. infanticibi Gan et al. 2026

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: in.fan.ti.ci’bi. L. masc./fem. n. infans, an infant; L. masc. n. cibus, food; N.L. gen. masc. n. infanticibi, of infant food, as the type strain was isolated from infant cereals

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-fan-ti-KI-bi, masculine

Type strain: C FSA2021A84; CGMCC 1.61451; JCM 35887

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PP211906 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gan X, Li M, Li F, Zhao J, Li H, Fanning S, Dong Y, Bai L. Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Taxonomic Identification of Dulcitol-Positive Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. beijingensis subsp. nov. and Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. infanticibi subsp. nov. from Infant Cereals in China. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:477. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Cronobacter dublinensis Iversen et al. 2008

Assigned by: Gan X, Li M, Li F, Zhao J, Li H, Fanning S, Dong Y, Bai L. Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Taxonomic Identification of Dulcitol-Positive Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. beijingensis subsp. nov. and Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. infanticibi subsp. nov. from Infant Cereals in China. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:477. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 70449