Name: Leifsonia ginsengi Qiu et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.sen’gi. N.L. gen. neut. n. ginsengi, of ginseng, the source of the type strain of this species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.3491; DSM 19088; JCM 13908; NBRC 104580; wged11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ473536 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qiu F, Huang Y, Sun L, Zhang X, Liu Z, Song W. Leifsonia ginsengi sp. nov., isolated from ginseng root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:405-408.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Herbiconiux ginsengi (Qiu et al. 2007) Behrendt et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Herbiconiux ginsengi (Qiu et al. 2007) Behrendt et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Leifsonia ginsengi 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000

Assigned by: Qiu F, Huang Y, Sun L, Zhang X, Liu Z, Song W. Leifsonia ginsengi sp. nov., isolated from ginseng root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:405-408.

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Record number: 785919