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./fem. adj. xiangfangensis, pertaining to Xiangfang, a district located in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF679035 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

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

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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