Name: Leifsonia antarctica Pindi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, by extension pertaining to the Antarctic, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 17020; LMG 24541; NCCB 100227; SPC 20

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AM931710 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pindi PK, Kishore KH, Reddy GS, Shivaji S. Description of Leifsonia kafniensis sp. nov. and Leifsonia antarctica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1348-1352.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is away from the type species of the genus, and should be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000

Assigned by: Pindi PK, Kishore KH, Reddy GS, Shivaji S. Description of Leifsonia kafniensis sp. nov. and Leifsonia antarctica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1348-1352.

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Record number: 787905