Name: Leeia oryzae Lim et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ry’zae. L. gen. fem. n. oryzae, of rice, referring to the rice-paddy fields where the strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17879; HW7; KCTC 12585

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ280369 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee GS, Park DJ, Kang UG, Park CY, Kim CJ. Leeia oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a rice field in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1204-1208.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leeia Lim et al. 2007. Publication: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee GS, Park DJ, Kang UG, Park CY, Kim CJ. Leeia oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a rice field in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1204-1208.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Leeia Lim et al. 2007

Assigned by: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee GS, Park DJ, Kang UG, Park CY, Kim CJ. Leeia oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a rice field in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1204-1208.

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Record number: 778268