RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Doijad, Swapnil A1 Ghosh, Hiren A1 Glaeser, Stefanie A1 Kämpfer, Peter A1 Chakraborty, TrinadYR 2016 T1 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 JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 11 SP 4555 OP 4559 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001390 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001390