Name: Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (Schroeter 1886) Ørskov 1984

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: "Hyalococcus pneumoniae" Schroeter 1886

Etymology: pneu.mo’ni.ae. N.L. fem. n. pneumonia, disease of the lungs, pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs); N.L. gen. fem. n. pneumoniae, of pneumonia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13883; CCUG 225; CIP 82.91; DSM 30104; HAMBI 450; IFO 14940; JCM 1662; LMG 2095; NBIMCC 3670; NBRC 14940; NCTC 9633

See detailed strain information at

Effective publication: Ørskov I. Genus Klebsiella. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, p. 461-465.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

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 Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae (Abel 1893) Ørskov 1984 according to rule 40d. Publication: Oerskov I. Genus Klebsiella. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 461-465.
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis (Trevisan 1887) Ørskov 1984 according to rule 40d. Publication: Oerskov I. Genus Klebsiella. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 461-465.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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, note = "TA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Schroeter 1886) Trevisan 1887, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Klebsiella pneumoniae (Schroeter 1886) Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ørskov I. Genus Klebsiella. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, p. 461-465.

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Record number: 777153