Name: Clavibacter capsici (Oh et al. 2016) Li et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. capsici Oh et al. 2016

Etymology: cap’si.ci. N.L. gen. neut. n. capsici, referring to Capsicum, the genus name of pepper

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KACC 184448; KACC 18448; LMG 29047; PF008

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX373437 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li X, Tambong J, Yuan KX, Chen W, Xu H, Levesque CA, De Boer SH. Re-classification of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies on the basis of whole-genome and multi-locus sequence analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:234-240.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clavibacter capsici (Oh et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. capsici Oh et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.25362 (N = 29).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 On the Notification List in the April 2018 issue of IJSEM, the List Editors state that the names Clavibacter capsici, Clavibacter insidiosus, Clavibacter nebrasksensis, Clavibacter sepedonicus and Clavibacter tesselarius proposed by Li et al. are illegitimate as they contravene Rule 34a and 50a of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. The use of illegitimate names contravenes Rule 51a. Objection: Tindall (2019). Publication: Tindall BJ. The role of incorrect citation of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and subsequent misinterpretation in causing unnecessary nomenclatural confusion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2621-2625.

Parent taxon: Clavibacter Davis et al. 1984

Assigned by: Li X, Tambong J, Yuan KX, Chen W, Xu H, Levesque CA, De Boer SH. Re-classification of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies on the basis of whole-genome and multi-locus sequence analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:234-240.

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