Name: Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. xiangfangensis (Gu et al. 2014) Sutton et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Enterobacter xiangfangensis Gu et al. 2014

Etymology: xi.ang.fang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xiangfangensis, pertaining to Xiangfang, a district located in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, where the bacterium was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ksi-an͡g-fan͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 10-17; CCUG 62994; LMG 27195; NCIMB 14836

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX213836 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sutton GG, Brinkac LM, Clarke TH, Fouts DE. Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. hoffmannii subsp. nov., Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. xiangfangensis comb. nov., Enterobacter roggenkampii sp. nov., and Enterobacter muelleri is a later heterotypic synonym of Enterobacter asburiae based on computational analysis of sequenced Enterobacter genomes. F1000Res 2018; 7:521. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Enterobacter xiangfangensis Gu et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• 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: Enterobacter hormaechei O'Hara et al. 1990

Assigned by: Sutton GG, Brinkac LM, Clarke TH, Fouts DE. Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. hoffmannii subsp. nov., Enterobacter hormaechei subsp. xiangfangensis comb. nov., Enterobacter roggenkampii sp. nov., and Enterobacter muelleri is a later heterotypic synonym of Enterobacter asburiae based on computational analysis of sequenced Enterobacter genomes. F1000Res 2018; 7:521. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 798724