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Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure PMC Taxonomy BioCollections
   
   Entrez records   
Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 131 34,385 -
BioSample 896 2,084,140 -
Conserved Domains 892 1,092 -
GEO DataSets - 40,783 -
Gene - 2,005,324 -
GTR - 9 -
Identical Protein Groups 419,053 59,549,457 -
Nucleotide 62 32,078,893 35,903
PubChem BioAssay 175 42,994 -
PMC 54,580 590,662 -
Protein 419,186 254,737,263 -
SRA 874 1,826,704 -
Structure 17 17,755 -
Taxonomy 34,071 34,071 -

Enterobacteriaceae

Taxonomy ID: 543 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:543)
current name
Enterobacteriaceae  Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Adeolu et al. 2016
homotypic synonym:
Enterobacteriaceae  (ex Rahn 1937) Ewing et al. 1980
Genbank common name: enterobacteria
NCBI BLAST name: enterobacteria
Rank: family
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym Enterobacteraceae  (ex Lapage 1979) Lapage 1982
in-part gamma-3 proteobacteria
blast name enterobacteria
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales

Comments and References:

Ma Y et al. (2021)
Ma, Y., Wu, X., Li, S., Tang, L., Chen, M., and An, Q. "Proposal for reunification of the genus Raoultella with the genus Klebsiella and reclassification of Raoultella electrica as Klebsiella electrica comb. nov." Res. Microbiol. (2021) 172(6):103851.
Breed NR & Murray EGD (1957)
Breed, N.R., and Murray, E.G.D. "Family IV. Enterobacteriaceae Rahn, 1937." In: R.S. Breed, E.G.D. Murray, and N.R. Smith (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition (1957), The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, pp. 332-334. [NoPubMed record available.]
Brenner DJ (1983)
Brenner, D.J. "Opposition to the proposal to replace the family name Enterobacteriaceae." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1983) 33:892-895. [No PubMed record available.]
Brenner DJ (1984)
Brenner D.J. "Family I. Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937, Nom. fam. cons. Opin. 15, Jud. Comm. 1958, 73; Ewing, Farmer, and Brenner 1980, 674; JudicialCommission 1981, 104." In: N.R. Krieg and J.G. Holt (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol.1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore (1984), pp. 408-420. [No PubMed record available.]
Cowan ST (1974)
Cowan, S.T. "Family I. Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937, 281 Nom. gen. cons. Opin. 15, Jud. Comm. 1958, 73." In: R.E. Buchanan and N.E. Gibbons (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, eighth edition (1974), The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore,pp. 290-293. [No PubMed record available.]
Ewing WH et al. (1980)
Ewing, W.H., Farmer III, J.J., and Brener, D.J. "Proposal of Enterobacteriaceae fam. nov., nom. rev. to replace Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937, nom. fam. cons. (Opin. 15, Jud. Comm. 1958), which lost standing in nomenclature on 1 January 1980." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:674-675. [No PubMed record available.]
Hedegaard J et al. (1999)
Hedegaard, J., Steffensen, S.A., Norskov-Lauritsen, N., Mortensen, K.K., and Sperling-Petersen, H.U. "Identification of Enterobacteriaceae by partial sequencing of the gene encoding translation initiation factor 2." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999) 49:1531-1538.
Hill LR et al. (1984) (reference relating to orthographic revision)
Hill, L.R., Skerman, V.B.D., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34(4):508-511. [No PubMed record available.]
ICSB (1984a) (Enterobacteriaceae)
ICSB, Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of the Enterobacteriaceae "Minutes of the meeting, 6 September 1978, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:242. [No PubMed record available.]
ICSB (1984b) (Enterobacteriaceae)
ICSB, Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of the Enterobacteriaceae "Minutes of the meeting, 10 August 1982, Boston, Massachusetts." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:243-244. [No PubMed record available.]
Judicial Commission ICSB (1981) (Enterobacteriaceae)
Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology "Present standing of the family name Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1981) 31:104. [No PubMed record available.]
Lapage SP et al. (1992)
Lapage, S.P., Sneath, P.H.A., Lessel, E.F., Skerman, V.B.D., Seeliger, H.P.R., and Clark, W.A. "International code of nomenclature of bacteria (1990 revision)." American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. (1992) p. 101. [No PubMed record available.]
Lapage SP (1979)
Lapage, S.P. "Proposal of Enterobacteraceae nom. nov. as a substitute for the illegitimate but conserved name Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937. Request for an opinion." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1979) 29:265-266. [No PubMed record available.]
Paradis S et al. (2005)
Paradis, S., Boissinot, M., Paquette, N., Belanger, S.D., Martel, E.A., Boudreau, D.K., Picard, F.J., Ouellette, M., Roy, P.H., and Bergeron, M.G. "Phylogeny of Enterobacteriaceae based on genes encoding elongation Factor Tu and F-ATPase [beta]-subunit." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:2013-2025. Published online 27 May 2005. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63539-0
Rahn O (1937)
Rahn, O. "New principles for the classification of bacteria." Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. II (1937) 96:273-286. [No PubMed record available.]
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]
Sproer C et al. (1999a)
Sproer, C., Mendrock, U., Swiderski, J., Lang, E., and Stackebrandt, E. "The phylogenetic position of Serratia, Buttiauxella and some other genera of the family Enterobacteriaceae." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999) 49:1433-1438.
Wayne LG (1982)
Wayne, L.G. "Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published between July 1979 and April 1981." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1982) 32:464-465. [No PubMed record available.]
Wayne LG (1984)
Wayne, L.G. "Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in 1982." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:272-273. [No PubMed record available.]
Adeolu M et al. (2016)
Adeolu, M., Alnajar, S., Naushad, S., and Gupta, R.S. "Genome based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:5575-5599.

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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