Name: "Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii" (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2007

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Enterobacter sakazakii Farmer et al. 1980

Etymology: sa.ka.za’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sakazakii, of Sakazaki, in honour of the Japanese microbiologist Riichi Sakazaki

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29544; CCUG 14558; CDC 4562-70; CIP 103183; DSM 4485; JCM 1233; LMG 5740; NBIMCC 8667; NBRC 102416; NCTC 11467

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Original publication: Iversen C, Lehner A, Mullane N, Bidlas E, Cleenwerck I, Marugg J, Fanning S, Stephan R, Joosten H. The taxonomy of Enterobacter sakazakii: proposal of a new genus Cronobacter gen. nov. and descriptions of Cronobacter sakazakii comb. nov. Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii, comb. nov., Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. malonaticus subsp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov. and Cronobacter genomospecies 1. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:64.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned) (and no standing)

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧍 "Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii " (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2007 is now known as Cronobacter sakazakii (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2008. Publication: Iversen C, Mullane N, McCardell B, Tall BD, Lehner A, Fanning S, Stephan R, Joosten H. Cronobacter gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate the biogroups of Enterobacter sakazakii, and proposal of Cronobacter sakazakii gen. nov., comb. nov., Cronobacter malonaticus sp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov., Cronobacter genomospecies 1, and of three subspecies, Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. dublinensis subsp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. lausannensis subsp. nov. and Cronobacter dublinensis subsp. lactaridi subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1442-1447.

Parent taxon: Cronobacter sakazakii (Farmer et al. 1980) Iversen et al. 2008

Assigned by: Iversen C, Lehner A, Mullane N, Bidlas E, Cleenwerck I, Marugg J, Fanning S, Stephan R, Joosten H. The taxonomy of Enterobacter sakazakii: proposal of a new genus Cronobacter gen. nov. and descriptions of Cronobacter sakazakii comb. nov. Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii, comb. nov., Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. malonaticus subsp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov. and Cronobacter genomospecies 1. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:64.

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