Name: Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae Brisse et al. 2014

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: si.mi.li.pneu.mo’ni.ae. L. masc./fem. adj. similis, similar to; N.L. fem. n. pneumonia, pneumonia, disease or inflammation of the lungs; N.L. gen. fem. n. similipneumoniae, similar to pneumoniae, the specific epithet of K. pneumoniae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 07A044; CIP 110770; DSM 28212; SB30

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG933295 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brisse S, Passet V, Grimont PA. Description of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae sp. nov., isolated from human infections, with two subspecies, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae subsp. nov. and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae subsp. nov., and demonstration that Klebsiella singaporensis is a junior heterotypic synonym of Klebsiella variicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3146-3152.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella alba Xu et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02367 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

Parent taxon: Klebsiella quasipneumoniae Brisse et al. 2014

Assigned by: Brisse S, Passet V, Grimont PA. Description of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae sp. nov., isolated from human infections, with two subspecies, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae subsp. nov. and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae subsp. nov., and demonstration that Klebsiella singaporensis is a junior heterotypic synonym of Klebsiella variicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3146-3152.

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Record number: 792149