Name: Ignatzschineria larvae (Tóth et al. 2001) Tóth et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Schineria larvae Tóth et al. 2001

Etymology: lar’vae. L. masc./fem. n. larva, a ghost, spectre and, in biology, a larva; L. gen. masc./fem. n. larvae, of a larva, the type strain was isolated from maggots of Wohlfahrtia magnifica

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 107108; DSM 13226; L1/68; NCAIM B.01938

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ252143 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Toth EM, Borsodi AK, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ, Marialigeti K. Proposal to replace the illegitimate genus name Schineria Toth et al. 2001 with the genus name Ignatzschineria gen. nov. and to replace the illegitimate combination Schineria larvae Toth et al. 2001 with Ignatzschineria larvae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:179-180.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Schineria larvae Tóth et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ignatzschineria Tóth et al. 2007. Publication: Toth EM, Borsodi AK, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ, Marialigeti K. Proposal to replace the illegitimate genus name Schineria Toth et al. 2001 with the genus name Ignatzschineria gen. nov. and to replace the illegitimate combination Schineria larvae Toth et al. 2001 with Ignatzschineria larvae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:179-180.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 Replacement of the illegitimate name Schineria larvae Tóth et al. 2001, which is illegitimate because of precedence of the Schineria Rondani 1857 (Insecta, Tachinidae, Diptera) [Principle 2, Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation Ignatzschineria larvae has been proposed by Tóth et al. 2007. Publication: Toth E, Kovacs G, Schumann P, Kovacs AL, Steiner U, Halbritter A, Marialigeti K. Schineria larvae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the 1st and 2nd larval stages of Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:401-407.
  • 🧍 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: Ignatzschineria Tóth et al. 2007

Assigned by: Toth EM, Borsodi AK, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ, Marialigeti K. Proposal to replace the illegitimate genus name Schineria Toth et al. 2001 with the genus name Ignatzschineria gen. nov. and to replace the illegitimate combination Schineria larvae Toth et al. 2001 with Ignatzschineria larvae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:179-180.

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