Pluralibacter is a genus of Gram negative bacteria from the family of Enterobacteriaceae.[1] The genus consists of two species, P. gergoviae and P. pyrinus.[2][3] Both species were originally classified in the genus Enterobacter but were reclassified into the novel genus Pluralibacter in 2013.[1]
| Pluralibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Pluralibacter Brady et al. 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pluralibacter gergoviae[1] | |
| Species[1] | |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Brady, C.; Cleenwerck, I.; Venter, S.; Coutinho, T.; De Vos, P. (1 July 2013). "Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): Proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 36 (5): 309–319. Bibcode:2013SyApM..36..309B. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2013.03.005. PMID 23632228.
- ^ Brenner, D. J.; Richard, C.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Asbury, M. A.; Mandel, M. (1 January 1980). "Enterobacter gergoviae sp. nov.: a New Species of Enterobacteriaceae Found in Clinical Specimens and the Environment". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 30 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-1.
- ^ Chung, Young Ryun; Brenner, Don J.; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Kim, Byung Sup; Kim, Heung Tae; Cho, Kwang Yun (January 1993). "Enterobacter pyrinus sp. nov., an Organism Associated with Brown Leaf Spot Disease of Pear Trees". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 43 (1): 157–161. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-1-157.