Elizabethkingia

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Elizabethkingia

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Elizabethkingia Kim et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Elizabethkingia, in honour of Elizabeth O. King, who first described bacteria associated with infant meningitis, notably [Flavobacterium] meningosepticum in 1959.
Reference: KIM (K.K.), KIM (M.K.), LIM (J.H.), PARK (H.Y.) and LEE (S.T.): Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1287-1293.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain R26 = 2.5 = CCM 7804 = CCUG 60038.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF426425.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. anophelis, of/from a mosquito of the genus Anopheles, as the type strain was isolated from the midgut of Anopheles gambiae.
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.), MATTHEWS (H.), GLAESER (S.P.), MARTIN (K.), LODDERS (N.) and FAYE (I.): Elizabethkingia anophelis sp. nov., isolated from the midgut of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2670-2675.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Kämpfer et al. 2011, the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain is erroneously cited as EF426434.
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.): Personal communication (January 25, 2012).

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 13253 = CCUG 214 = CIP 60.57 = DSM 2800 = JCM 21065 = LMG 12279 = NBRC 12535 = NCTC 10016.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ704540.
Basonym: ¤ Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: ¤ Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994.
Etymology: Gr. n. meninx meningos, meninges, membrane covering the brain; Gr. adj. septikos, putrefactive; N.L. fem. adj. meningoseptica, apparently referring to association of the bacterium with both meningitis and septicaemia, but not septic meningitis as the name implies.
Reference: KIM (K.K.), KIM (M.K.), LIM (J.H.), PARK (H.Y.) and LEE (S.T.): Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1287-1293.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Elizabethkingia miricola (Li et al. 2004) Kim et al. 2005, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain W3-B1 = GTC 862 = DSM 14571 = JCM 11413.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB071953.
Basonym: ¤ Chryseobacterium miricola Li et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. mirum, derived from mir = peace (name of Russian space station); L. suff. -cola from L. masc. or fem. n. incola, inhabitant; N.L. masc. or fem. n. miricola, inhabitant of the Mir space station.
Reference: KIM (K.K.), KIM (M.K.), LIM (J.H.), PARK (H.Y.) and LEE (S.T.): Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1287-1293.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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