Name: Kushneria phyllosphaerae Navarro-Torre et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phyl.lo.sphae’rae. Gr. neut. n. phyllon, leaf; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. phyllosphaerae, of the phyllosphere, as the bacterium was isolated from the phyllosphere of a plant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … p^hyl-lo-SP^HA͡E-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: CECT 9073; EAod3; LMG 29856

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU320856 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Navarro-Torre S, Carro L, Rodriguez-Llorente ID, Pajuelo E, Caviedes MA, Igual JM, Redondo-Gomez S, Camacho M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC. Kushneria phyllosphaerae sp. nov. and Kushneria endophytica sp. nov., plant growth promoting endophytes isolated from the halophyte plant Arthrocnemum macrostachyum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2800-2806. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kushneria Sánchez-Porro et al. 2009

Assigned by: Navarro-Torre S, Carro L, Rodriguez-Llorente ID, Pajuelo E, Caviedes MA, Igual JM, Redondo-Gomez S, Camacho M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC. Kushneria phyllosphaerae sp. nov. and Kushneria endophytica sp. nov., plant growth promoting endophytes isolated from the halophyte plant Arthrocnemum macrostachyum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2800-2806. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 797836