Kluyvera Farmer et al. 1981
General information
Name
Kluyvera
Valid publication
1981
Effective publication
1981
Nomenclature type
Kluyvera ascorbata
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Kluyvera</i>, named by Asai et al. (1956) to honor the Dutch microbiologist A.J. Kluyver, who made many contributions to microbial physiology and taxonomy.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-negative rods, motile with peritrichous flagella (however, arrangement of flagella may be interpreted as polar), oxidase negative, catablase positive, nitrate reduced to nitrite, D-glucose and other carbohydrates fermented with the production of acid and usually gas, large amounts of α-ketoglutaric acid produced during fermentation, G+C content of DNA of 55 to 57 mol% (Bd), and isolated from soil, water, sewage, food and human clinical specimens.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022506080213001 | Kluyvera ascorbata | Species | 51288 |
M022506080213002 | Kluyvera cryocrescens | Species | 580 |
M022506080213003 | Kluyvera georgiana | Species | 73098 |
M022506080213004 | Kluyvera intermedia | Species | 61648 |
References
1
Farmer, J.J. 3rd, Fanning, G.R., Huntley-Carter, G.P., Holmes, B., Hickman, F.W., Richard, C., and Brenner, D.J. Kluyvera, a new (redefined) genus in the family Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Kluyvera ascorbata sp. nov. and Kluyvera cryocrescens sp. nov. in clinical specimens. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1981) 13:919-933.[PMID:7240403]
[PMCID:PMC273917]
2
Validation List No. 7. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1981) 31:382-383.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-31-3-382]