Name: Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000
Etymology: Leif.so’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Leifsonia, named after Einar Leifson, who isolated and described the first organism of this genus
Gender: feminine (stem: Leifsoni-)
Type species: Leifsonia aquatica (ex Leifson 1962) Evtushenko et al. 2000
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Evtushenko LI, Dorofeeva LV, Subbotin SA, Cole JR, Tiedje JM. Leifsonia poae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from nematode galls on Poa annua, and reclassification of 'Corynebacterium aquaticum' Leifson 1962 as Leifsonia aquatica (ex Leifson 1962) gen. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov. and Clavibacter xyli Davis et al. 1984 with two subspecies as Leifsonia xyli (Davis et al. 1984) gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:371-380.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Leifsonia" Suzuki et al. 1999 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 19
Total number of child taxa: 19
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Leifsonia antarctica Pindi et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia aquatica (ex Leifson 1962) Evtushenko et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia aurea Reddy et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leifsonia bigeumensis Dastager et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia cynodontis (Davis et al. 1984) Suzuki et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leifsonia ginsengi Qiu et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leifsonia kafniensis Pindi et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia kribbensis Dastager et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leifsonia lichenia An et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia naganoensis Suzuki et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia pindariensis Reddy et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leifsonia poae Evtushenko et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia psychrotolerans Ganzert et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia shinshuensis Suzuki et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia soli Madhaiyan et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia virtsii Simpson et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia williamsii Simpson et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leifsonia xyli (Davis et al. 1984) Evtushenko et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995
Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
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