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

Category: Subspecies

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

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

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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

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: 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.
  • 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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