title: The status of the species Enterobacter siamensisKhunthongpan et al. 2014. Request for an Opinion.
abstract: In the course of a taxonomic study describing novel species of the genus Enterobacter it was found that the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain of Enterobacter siamensis, obtained both directly from the authors of the publication on Enterobacter siamensis and from the Korean Collection for Type Cultures (C2361T and KCTC 23282T, respectively), was not congruent with the 16S rRNA gene sequence deposited in the GenBank database under the accession number HQ888848, which was applied for phylogenetic analysis in the species proposal. The remaining deposit in the Japanese type culture collection, NBRC 107138T, showed an identical 16S rRNA gene sequence to the other two cultures and overall, this sequence differed at 35 positions in comparison with the 1429 bp sequence published under the accession number HQ888848.Therefore, the type strain of this species cannot be included in any further scientific comparative study. It is proposed that the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes place the name Enterobacter siamensis on the list of rejected names, if a suitable replacement for the type strain is not found or a neotype strain is not proposed within two years following the publication of this Request for an Opinion.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kämpfer
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Microbiology, German Centre for Infection Giessen-Marburg-Langen Site, Justus-Liebig University, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doijad
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Microbiology, German Centre for Infection Giessen-Marburg-Langen Site, Justus-Liebig University, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Trinad
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Glaeser
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S