Name: Leucobacter Takeuchi et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Leu.co.bac’ter. Gr. masc. adj. leukos, clear, light; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Leucobacter, colorless rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Leucobacter-), le͡u-ko-BAK-ter

Type species: Leucobacter komagatae Takeuchi et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takeuchi M, Weiss N, Schumann P, Yokota A. Leucobacter komagatae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic gram-positive, nonsporulating rod with 2,4-diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:967-971. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Schumann and Pukall 2017 Schumann P, Pukall R. Leucobacter weissii sp. nov., an isolate from activated sludge once described as first representative of the peptidoglycan variation B2delta, and emended description of the genus Leucobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5244-5251. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Hyun et al. 2021 Hyun DW, Sung H, Kim PS, Yun JH, Bae JW. Leucobacter coleopterorum sp. nov., Leucobacter insecticola sp. nov., and Leucobacter viscericola sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of the diving beetles, Cybister brevis and Cybister lewisianus, and emended description of the genus Leucobacter. J Microbiol 2021; 59:360-368. 🇰🇷
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 As of 2023-10-12 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leubacter"; "Leucoacter"; "Leucobater"; "Leucobucter"; "Leuconbacter"; "Luecobacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Morais et al. (2006), Zheng et al. (2023), Hyun et al. (2021), Kaempfer et al. (2021). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 26; DSM: 26; KACC: 10; LMG: 9; CIP: 9; KCTC: 6; NBRC: 6; KEMC: 5; CCM: 4; CGMCC: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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: 36
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 36
Total number of child taxa: 44

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leucobacter aerolatus Martin et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter albus Lin et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter allii Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter alluvii Morais et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter aridicollis Morais et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter celer Shin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter chinensis Zhu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter chironomi Halpern et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter chromiireducens Morais et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter chromiiresistens Sturm et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter chromiisoli Xu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter coleopterorum Hyun et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter corticis Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter denitrificans Weon et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter edaphi Zheng et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leucobacter epilobiisoli" Hou et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Leucobacter exalbidus Ue 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter holotrichiae Zhu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leucobacter humi" Her and Lee 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    Leucobacter iarius Somvanshi et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter insecticola Hyun et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter japonicus (Clark and Hodgkin 2015) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter komagatae Takeuchi et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leucobacter kyeonggiensis" Kim and Lee 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Leucobacter luti Morais et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter manosquensis Boxberger et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leucobacter margaritiformis" Lee and Lee 2012	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leucobacter massiliensis" Leangapichart et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Leucobacter muris Benga et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter musarum Clark and Hodgkin 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter populi Fang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter rhizosphaerae Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter ruminantium Chun et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter salsicius Yun et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter soli Kämpfer et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Leucobacter sulfamidivorax" Reis et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Leucobacter sulfonamidivorax" corrig. Reis et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Leucobacter tardus Behrendt et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter tenebrionis Ying et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter triazinivorans Sun et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Leucobacter tropicalis" Liu et al. 1999	not validly published	preferred name
    Leucobacter viscericola Hyun et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter weissii Schumann and Pukall 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leucobacter zeae Lai et al. 2015	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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