Subspecies Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens

Name: Enterobacter cloacae subsp. dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Hoffmann et al. 2005

Category, proposed as: subspecies, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Pseudomonas dissolvens" Rosen 1922

Etymology: dis.sol’vens. N.L. masc. part. adj. dissolvens, dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-BAK-ter klo-A-ka͡e dis-SOL-wens, masculine

Type strain: Arkansas Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. No. 209; ATCC 23373; CCUG 25230; CIP 105586; DSM 16657; ICMP 1570; JCM 6049; LMG 2683; NCPPB 1850

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z96079 Analyse FASTA

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erwinia dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Burkholder 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Enterobacter dissolvens (Rosen 1922) Brenner et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Pseudomonas dissolvens" Rosen 1922	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+, p". — 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.
  • 🙆 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 species itself.

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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