Name: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lis.te’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Listeria, named after Lord Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antisepsis

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Listeri-), lis-TE-ri-a

Type species: Listeria monocytogenes (Murray et al. 1926) Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pirie JH. THE GENUS LISTERELLA PIRIE. Science 1940; 91:383.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Murraya" Bouznada et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Murraya" Stuart and Welshimer 1971	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Mesolisteria" Orsi and Wiedmann 2016	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Mesolisteria" Bouznada et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Paenilisteria" Orsi and Wiedmann 2016	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Paenilisteria Bouznada et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Bouznada et al. 2025 Bouznada K, Belaouni HA, Saker R, Chaabane Chaouch F, Meklat A. Phylogenomic analyses of the Listeriaceae family support species reclassification and proposal of a new family and new genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:18. 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 removal of 3 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Listeriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family III. Listeriaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 244.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Murray EGD, Webb AA, Swann MBR. A disease of rabbits characterized by a large mononuclear leucocytosis caused by a hitherto underscribed bacillus Bacterium monocytogenes n. sp. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 1926; 29:407-439.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lisateria"; "Lisferia"; "Lislcria"; "Lisreria"; "Listaeria"; "Listeia"; "Listeira"; "Listeriaa"; "Listeriais"; "Listerici"; "Listerin"; "Listerta"; "Listria"; "Liswria"; "Lrsteria"; "Lysteria"; "Pisteria"; "Zisteria".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms: Minutes of the meetings, 30 August and 1 September 2006, Bologna, Italy. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007; 57:1367-1369.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Rocourt J, McLauchlin J. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Listeria, Brochothrix, and Erysipelothrix: Minutes of the Closed Meeting, 20 August 1996, Jerusalem, Israel. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1997; 47:1273-1273.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Rocourt J, J M. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Listeria, Brochothrix, and Erysipelothrix: Minutes of the Closed Meeting, 20 August 1996, Jerusalem, Israel. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1997; 47:1273-1273.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Raufu et al. (2022), Weller et al. (2015). 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: DSM: 25; LMG: 20; CCUG: 15; CIP: 15; NCTC: 12; ATCC: 10; BEI: 5; NCAIM: 4; CECT: 4; NBIMCC: 3.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "L26: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LIST" 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.
  • 🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 12). Only conservation of a name, and against a homonym used in botany. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 14. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1954; 4:156-158.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 29
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 30
Total number of child taxa: 33

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Listeria aquatica Den Bakker et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria booriae Weller et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Listeria casei" De Vos et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Listeria cornellensis Den Bakker et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria cossartiae Carlin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria costaricensis Núñez-Montero et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria denitrificans Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Listeria farberi Carlin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria fleischmannii Bertsch et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria floridensis Den Bakker et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria goaensis Doijad et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria grandensis Den Bakker et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria grayi Errebo Larsen and Seeliger 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria ilorinensis Raufu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria immobilis Carlin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria innocua (ex Seeliger and Schoofs 1979) Seeliger 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria ivanovii Seeliger et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Listeria londonensis" (Boerlin et al. 1992) Bouznada et al. 2025	not validly published	synonym
    Listeria marthii Graves et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria monocytogenes (Murray et al. 1926) Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria murrayi Welshimer and Meredith 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria newyorkensis Weller et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria portnoyi Carlin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria riparia Den Bakker et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria rocourtiae Leclercq et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria rustica Carlin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria seeligeri Rocourt and Grimont 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Listeria swaminathanii" Carlin et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Listeria tempestatis Brown et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria thailandensis Leclercq et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria valentina Quereda et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria weihenstephanensis Lang Halter et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria welshimeri Rocourt and Grimont 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Listeriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Bouznada K, Belaouni HA, Saker R, Chaabane Chaouch F, Meklat A. Phylogenomic analyses of the Listeriaceae family support species reclassification and proposal of a new family and new genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:18.

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