Name: Clavibacter capsici (Oh et al. 2016) Nouioui 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

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clavibacter capsici (Oh et al. 2016) Li et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    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 a synonym of 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.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Clavibacter capsici (Oh et al. 2016) Li et al. 2018. 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. 🇨🇦

Parent taxon: Clavibacter Davis et al. 1984

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 7145