Name: Enterobacter cloacae subsp. cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hoffmann et al. 2005

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Bacillus cloacae" Jordan 1890

Etymology: clo.a’cae. L. gen. fem. n. cloacae, of a sewer

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13047; CCUG 28448; CCUG 29301; CCUG 6323; CIP 60.85; DSM 30054; HAMBI 1295; HAMBI 96; IFO 13535; JCM 1232; LMG 2783; NBIMCC 8570; NBRC 13535; NCTC 10005

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Effective publication: Hoffmann H, Stindl S, Ludwig W, Stumpf A, Mehlen A, Heesemann J, Monget D, Schleifer KH, Roggenkamp A. Reassignment of enterobacter dissolvens to Enterobacter cloacae as E. cloacae subspecies dissolvens comb. nov. and emended description of Enterobacter asburiae and Enterobacter kobei. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:196-205.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 104. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1395-1397.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Hoffmann et al. 2005 according to rule 40d. Publication: Hoffmann H, Stindl S, Ludwig W, Stumpf A, Mehlen A, Heesemann J, Monget D, Schleifer KH, Roggenkamp A. Reassignment of enterobacter dissolvens to Enterobacter cloacae as E. cloacae subspecies dissolvens comb. nov. and emended description of Enterobacter asburiae and Enterobacter kobei. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:196-205.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, Enterobacter cloacae subsp. cloacae is erroneously proposed as a new combination. — 🧍 The original authorship, (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 104. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1395-1397.

Parent taxon: Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hoffmann H, Stindl S, Ludwig W, Stumpf A, Mehlen A, Heesemann J, Monget D, Schleifer KH, Roggenkamp A. Reassignment of enterobacter dissolvens to Enterobacter cloacae as E. cloacae subspecies dissolvens comb. nov. and emended description of Enterobacter asburiae and Enterobacter kobei. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:196-205.

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