Name: Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii (Eribe et al. 2004) Eisenberg et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Leptotrichia goodfellowii Eribe et al. 2004

Etymology: good.fel.low’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. goodfellowii, of Goodfellow, named in honour of Mike Goodfellow, for his contributions to microbial systematics

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 32286; CIP 107915; DSM 19756; JCM 16774; LB 57

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB558169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Blom J, Kampfer P. Proposal to reclassify Leptotrichia goodfellowii into a novel genus as Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2084-2088.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptotrichia goodfellowii Eribe et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudoleptotrichia Eisenberg et al. 2020. Publication: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Blom J, Kampfer P. Proposal to reclassify Leptotrichia goodfellowii into a novel genus as Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2084-2088.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Pseudoleptotrichia Eisenberg et al. 2020

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Blom J, Kampfer P. Proposal to reclassify Leptotrichia goodfellowii into a novel genus as Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2084-2088.

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Record number: 5395