Name: Leifsonia aurea Reddy et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au’re.a. L. fem. adj. aurea, golden, referring to the yellowish pigment that the bacterium produces

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 107785; CMS 81; CMS 81y; DSM 15303; DSM 99998; JCM 12762; MTCC 4657; NBRC 104579

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ438586 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reddy GS, Prakash JS, Srinivas R, Matsumoto GI, Shivaji S. Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:977-984.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodoglobus aureus (Reddy et al. 2003) An et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodoglobus aureus (Reddy et al. 2003) An et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Leifsonia aurea is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Leifsonia.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000

Assigned by: Reddy GS, Prakash JS, Srinivas R, Matsumoto GI, Shivaji S. Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:977-984.

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Record number: 777461