Name: Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis (Trevisan 1887) Ørskov 1984

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: rhi.no.scle.ro.ma.tis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. rhinoscleromatis, of rhinoscleroma

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13884; CCUG 417; CIP 52.210; DSM 16231; JCM 1664; LMG 3184; NCTC 5046

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y17657 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00792 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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. — 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.

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

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 777154