Name: Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (Schroeter 1886) Ørskov 1984
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
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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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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