Name: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

Gender: feminine (stem: Listeri-)

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

• 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. (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 1832. 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 in some sources as: "Lisateria"; "Lisreria"; "Listaeria"; "Listeia"; "Listeira"; "Listeriaa"; "Listerici"; "Listria"; "Lysteria"; "Pisteria".
  • 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: 23; LMG: 20; CCUG: 14; ATCC: 10; NCTC: 8; BEI: 5; JCM: 2; NBRC: 1; IFO: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 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: 28
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 29
Total number of child taxa: 30

• 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 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 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
    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: 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.

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