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

Carol Iversen^1,2 , Angelika Lehner² , Niall Mullane³ , Eva Bidlas¹ , Ilse Cleenwerck⁴ , John Marugg¹ , Séamus Fanning³ , Roger Stephan² and Han Joosten¹

¹  Quality and Safety Department, Nestlé Research Centre, Vers-Chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne, Switzerland

²  Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland

³  Centre for Food Safety, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

⁴  BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratorium voor Microbiologie – Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium