Name: Leadbetterella byssophila Weon et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bys.so.phi.la. Gr. fem. n. byssos, cotton; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. byssophila, liking cotton

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 4M15; DSM 17132; JCM 16389; KACC 11308

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY854022 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Park IC, Cha IB, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E, Truper HG, Go SJ. Leadbetterella byssophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from cotton-waste composts for the cultivation of oyster mushroom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2297-2302.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leadbetterella Weon et al. 2005. Publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Park IC, Cha IB, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E, Truper HG, Go SJ. Leadbetterella byssophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from cotton-waste composts for the cultivation of oyster mushroom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2297-2302.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Abt B, Teshima H, Lucas S, Lapidus A, Del Rio TG, Nolan M, Tice H, Cheng JF, Pitluck S, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Leadbetterella byssophila type strain (4M15). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:2-12.

Parent taxon: Leadbetterella Weon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Weon HY, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Park IC, Cha IB, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E, Truper HG, Go SJ. Leadbetterella byssophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from cotton-waste composts for the cultivation of oyster mushroom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2297-2302.

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