Name: "Murraya" Stuart and Welshimer 1971

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mur’ray.a. N.L. fem. n. Murraya, named for E. G. D. Murray, the co-discoverer of Listeria monocytogenes

Gender: feminine (stem: Murray-)

Type species: "Murraya grayi" (Errebo Larsen and Seeliger 1966) Stuart and Welshimer 1971

Original publication: Stuart E, Welshimer HJ. Taxonomic reexamination of Listeria Pirie and transfer of Listeria grayi and Listeria murmyi to a new genus Murraya. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1971; 24:177-185.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Murraya" Bouznada et al. 2025	homotypic 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
    Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Errebo Larsen H, Seeliger HPR. A mannitol fermenting Listeria, Listeria grayi sp. n. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Listeriosis July 13-16, Bilthoven, 1966. Rijks Instituut voor de Volksgezondheit, Utrecht, 1966.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Murrayia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 2; CIP: 2; ATCC: 1; NCAIM: 1; NCTC: 1; LMG: 1; DSM: 1.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Murraya grayi" (Errebo Larsen and Seeliger 1966) Stuart and Welshimer 1971	not validly published	synonym

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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Record number: 62912