Genus "Candidatus Liberibacter"

Name: "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Li.be.ri.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. liber, free; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Liberibacter, free rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Liberibacter-), li-be-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Jagoueix S, Bove JM, Garnier M. The phloem-limited bacterium of greening disease of citrus is a member of the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:379-386. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Liberobacter" Jagoueix et al. 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006. Publication: Mergaert J, Swings J. Family IV. Phyllobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 393. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Liberobacter" Jagoueix et al. 1994. Publication: Jagoueix S, Bove JM, Garnier M. The phloem-limited bacterium of greening disease of citrus is a member of the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:379-386. 🇫🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Liberbacter"; "Liberibacer"; "Liberibacfer"; "Liberibactor"; "Liberibater"; "Liberobater"; "Liherihacter".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Liberibacter Fagen et al. 2014.
  • 😷 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus" corrig. Murray and Stackebrandt 1995	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter americanus" Teixeira et al. 2005	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter brunswickensis" Morris et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter capsica" Kwak et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus" Raddadi et al. 2011	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous" Hansen et al. 2008	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Liberibacter psyllidaureus" corrig. Hansen et al. 2008	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" Liefting et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Fagen JR, Leonard MT, Coyle JF, McCullough CM, Davis-Richardson AG, Davis MJ, Triplett EW. Liberibacter crescens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured member of the genus Liberibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2461-2466. 🇺🇸

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