Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 4555-4559

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume number: 66

Issue number: 11

ISSN: 1466-5026

Open access status: Bronze

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001390

Publisher: Microbiology Society

Abstract: 
The taxonomic status of all species of the genus Elizabethkingia was re-evaluated by comparative genomics based on whole-genome sequencing. From these results it is clear that Elizabethkingia endophytica is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis. In addition, genome-based analysis revealed the misidentification of isolates previously identified by traditional approaches and indicates the presence of two more species. We propose a more rapid identification scheme on the basis of an in silico PCR assay derived from comparative genomics of whole-genome sequences (WGS) from 29 well-curated strains.

Harvard Citation style: Doijad, S., Ghosh , H., Glaeser, S., Kämpfer, P. and Chakraborty, T. (2016) Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Elizabethkingia using whole-genome sequencing: Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011., International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66(11), pp. 4555-4559. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001390

APA Citation style: Doijad, S., Ghosh , H., Glaeser, S., Kämpfer, P., & Chakraborty, T. (2016). Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Elizabethkingia using whole-genome sequencing: Elizabethkingia endophytica Kämpfer et al. 2015 is a later subjective synonym of Elizabethkingia anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2011.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66(11), 4555-4559. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001390