Genus Lelliottia

Name: Lelliottia Brady et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lel.li.ot’ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Lelliottia, named after R.A. Lelliott for his contributions to the understanding of bacterial plant diseases

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Lelliotti-), lel-li-OT-ti-a

Type species: Lelliottia nimipressuralis (Carter 1945) Brady et al. 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brady C, Cleenwerck I, Venter S, Coutinho T, De Vos P. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:309-319. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3931-3934.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brenner DJ, McWhorter AC, Kai A, Steigerwalt AG, Farmer JJ. Enterobacter asburiae sp. nov., a new species found in clinical specimens, and reassignment of Erwinia dissolvens and Erwinia nimipressuralis to the genus Enterobacter as Enterobacter dissolvens comb. nov. and Enterobacter nimipressuralis comb. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 23:1114-1120. 🇺🇸
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Dye DW. A taxonomic study of the genus Erwinia. IV. "Atypical" erwinias. New Zealand Journal of Science 1969; 12:833-839.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Erwinia" Winslow et al. 1917. Publication: Carter JC. Wetwood of elms. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 1945; 23:407-448.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lelliotia".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; CIP: 3; LMG: 3; DSM: 2; ATCC: 2; HAMBI: 1; KCCM: 1; NCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; CCUG: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Lelliottia amnigena (Izard et al. 1981) Brady et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Lelliottia aquatilis Kämpfer et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Lelliottia jeotgali Yuk et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Lelliottia nimipressuralis (Carter 1945) Brady et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Lelliottia steviae" Lin et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
Lelliottia wanjuensis Lee et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599. 🇨🇦

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