Genome analysis-based reclassification of Enterobacter tabaci Duan et al. 2016 as a later heterotypic synonym of Enterobacter mori Zhu et al. 2011.

Genome analysis-based reclassification of Enterobacter tabaci Duan et al. 2016 as a later heterotypic synonym of Enterobacter mori Zhu et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019 Nov 21;: Authors: Wu W, Zong Z Abstract We performed a comparative genomic analysis to clarify the taxonomic relationship between the two Enterobacter species, Enterobacter tabaci and Enterobacter mori. Whole genome sequences of types strains of the two species became available recently. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (isDDH) between the two type strains were determined. Type strains of the two species had a 97.25 % ANI and an 80.4 % isDDH value, which are above the well-recognized cutoffs (≥95-96 % ANI and ≥70 % isDDH) for bacterial species delineation. The two strains have similar overall phenotypic characteristics and are clustered together with high bootstrap values in the multi-locus sequence analysis on rpoB, gyrB, infB and atpD housekeeping genes. It therefore becomes evident that the two species actually belong to the same species. E. mori has priority over E. tabaci, therefore we proposed that E. tabaci Duan et al. 2016 is a later heterotypic synonym of E. mori [15]. PMID: 31751200 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol Source Type: research