Genus Leeuwenhoekiella

Name: Leeuwenhoekiella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lee.u.wen.hoe.ki.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Leeuwenhoekiella, named in honour of the famous Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), discoverer of micro-organisms

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Leeuwenhoekiell-), lee-u-wen-ho͡e-ki-EL-la

Type species: Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava (Reichenbach 1989 ex Colwell et al. 1966) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Engelbeen K, Vandemeulebroecke K, Cleenwerck I, Hoste B, Mergaert J, Tan TL, Frolova GM, et al. Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1033-1038. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Nedashkovskaya et al. 2014 Nedashkovskaya OI, Kukhlevskiy AD, Zhukova NV, Kim SB. Flavimarina pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and emended descriptions of the genus Leeuwenhoekiella, Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea and Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:421-429. 🇷🇺 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
- Tahon et al. 2020 Tahon G, Lebbe L, De Troch M, Sabbe K, Willems A. Leeuwenhoekiella aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from salt-water sediment and first insights in the genomes of Leeuwenhoekiella species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1706-1719. 🇧🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Machii et al. 2025 Machii Y, Tsukamoto M, Kataoka T, Kondo R. Genomic and phenotypic characterisation of Leeuwenhoekiella obamensis sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from the surface water of a Japanese fishing port. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:49. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929, 577AL emend. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2015-2050. 🇩🇪
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leeuwehhoekiella"; "Leeuwenoekiella"; "Leewenhoekiella"; "Leuwenhoekiella"; "Wenhoekiella".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Nedashkovskaya et al. (2014). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02953 (N = 4).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; LMG: 5; CECT: 3; JCM: 3; KCTC: 3; CCUG: 2; BCRC: 1; CCTCC: 1; ATCC: 1; IFO: 1.
- 🧍 The genus name Leeuwenhoekiella is a noun in the nominative case, and it does not mean "of Leeuwenhoek" as cited in the paper by Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 9

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella aestuarii Tahon et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis Pinhassi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava (Reichenbach 1989 ex Colwell et al. 1966) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella nanhaiensis Liu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella obamensis Machii et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella palythoae Nedashkovskaya et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella parthenopeia Gattoni et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Leeuwenhoekiella polynyae Si et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Engelbeen K, Vandemeulebroecke K, Cleenwerck I, Hoste B, Mergaert J, Tan TL, Frolova GM, et al. Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1033-1038. 🇷🇺

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