Name: Aminobacter lissarensis McDonald et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lis.sa.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. lissarensis, pertaining to Lissara House in Northern Ireland, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: lis-sa-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CC 495; CCUG 50579; CIP 108661; DSM 17454; NCIMB 13789; NCIMB 13798

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16S rRNA gene: AF107722 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: McDonald IR, Kampfer P, Topp E, Warner KL, Cox MJ, Hancock TL, Miller LG, Larkin MJ, Ducrocq V, Coulter C, et al. Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov., isolated from various terrestrial environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1827-1832. 🇳🇿

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aminobacter carboxidus (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aminobacter carboxidus (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Carbophilus carboxidus (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Volpiano et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Aminobacter carboxidus (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de Sao Jose JFB, Beneduzi A, Whitman WB, de Souza EM, Lisboa BB, Vargas LK, Passaglia LMP. Genomic Metrics Applied to Rhizobiales (Hyphomicrobiales): Species Reclassification, Identification of Unauthentic Genomes and False Type Strains. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:614957. 🇧🇷
  • ⏲ According to Volpiano et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Carbophilus carboxidus (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de Sao Jose JFB, Beneduzi A, Whitman WB, de Souza EM, Lisboa BB, Vargas LK, Passaglia LMP. Genomic Metrics Applied to Rhizobiales (Hyphomicrobiales): Species Reclassification, Identification of Unauthentic Genomes and False Type Strains. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:614957. 🇧🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.
  • ❗ Aminobacter lissarensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aminobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by McDonald et al. 2005, the type strain NCIMB 13789 is erroneously cited as NCIMB 13798. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Aminobacter Urakami et al. 1992

Assigned by: McDonald IR, Kampfer P, Topp E, Warner KL, Cox MJ, Hancock TL, Miller LG, Larkin MJ, Ducrocq V, Coulter C, et al. Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov., isolated from various terrestrial environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1827-1832. 🇳🇿

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