Genus Levinea

Name: Levinea Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Le.vi’ne.a. N.L. fem. n. Levinea, named after Max Levine, an American bacteriologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Levine-), le-WI-ne-a

Type species: Levinea amalonatica Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Young VM, Kenton DM, Hobbs BJ, Moody MR. Levinea, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:58-63.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Citrobacter Werkman and Gillen 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Citrobacter Werkman and Gillen 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bethesda" Kauffmann and Edwards 1952	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Citrobacter Werkman and Gillen 1932 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Farmer Iii JJ. The genus Citrobacter. In: Starr MP, et al. (eds), The procaryotes, a handbook on habitats, isolation, and identification of bacteria, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981, p. 1140-1147.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Leuinea"; "Levineae"; "Levmea".
- ❗ Levinea is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; ATCC: 2; CCUG: 2; DSM: 2; CIP: 1; NCTC: 1; LMG: 1.
- 💥 This name is a homonym of Levinea Kori, 1985 (botanical) [from Catalogue of Life].
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LEVN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
- 🧍 Brenner and Farmer 1982 proposed that the type species of Levinea be transferred to the Citrobacter. These authors did not, however, make any proposal regarding the transfer of Levinea malonatica to either Citrobacter or another genus. Publication: Werkman CH, Gillen GF. Bacteria Producing Trimethylene Glycol. J Bacteriol 1932; 23:167-182.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Levinea amalonatica Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Levinea malonatica Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Young VM, Kenton DM, Hobbs BJ, Moody MR. Levinea, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:58-63.

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