Raoultella

Raoultella planticola colonies on MacConkey agar.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Enterobacterales
Prokaryota Superregnum: Bacteria Regnum: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Classis: Gammaproteobacteria Ordo: Enterobacterales

Familia: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Raoultella
Species: R. electrica – R. ornithinolytica (Klebsiella ornithinolytica) – R. planticola (Klebsiella planticola) – R. terrigena (Klebsiella terrigena)

Name

Raoultella Drancourt et al. 2001, gen. nov.

Type species: R. planticola
(Bagley et al. 1982) Drancourt et al. 2001

The genus was named after Didier Raoult.

References

Primary references

• Drancourt, M., Bollet, C., Carta, A. & Rousselier, P. 2001. Phylogenetic analyses of Klebsiella species delineate Klebsiella and Raoultella gen. nov., with description of Raoultella ornithinolytica comb. nov., Raoultella terrigena comb. nov. and Raoultella planticola comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51:925–932. DOI: 10.1099/00207713-51-3-925 Reference page. 

Links

• LPSN link : Raoultella
• Raoultella – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• European Nucleotide Archive
• Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date. Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Germany. [1]

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