The taxonomy of <it>Enterobacter sakazakii</it>: proposal of a new genus <it>Cronobacter </it>gen. nov. and descriptions of <it>Cronobacter sakazakii </it>comb. nov. <it>Cronobacter sakazakii </it>subsp. <it>sakazakii</it>, comb. nov., <it>Cronobacter sakazakii </it>subsp. <it>malonaticus </it>subsp. nov., <it>Cronobacter turicensis </it>sp. nov., <it>Cronobacter muytjensii </it>sp. nov., <it>Cronobacter dublinensis </it>sp. nov. and <it>Cronobacter </it>genomospecies 1

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Enterobacter sakazakii </it>is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause infections such as necrotizing enterocolitis, bacteraemia, meningitis and brain abscess/lesions. When the species was defined in 1980, 15 biogrou...

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Main Authors:	Marugg John, Cleenwerck Ilse, Bidlas Eva, Mullane Niall, Lehner Angelika, Iversen Carol, Fanning Séamus, Stephan Roger, Joosten Han
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2007-04-01
Series:	BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/64