Name: Leifsonia kafniensis Pindi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kaf.ni.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kafniensis, of or pertaining to the Kafni glacier in the Himalayas of India, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 17021; KFC-22; LMG 24362; NCCB 100216

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM889135 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

• Emendations:
  • Cai et al. 2018 Cai Y, Tao WZ, Ma YJ, Cheng J, Zhang MY, Zhang YX. Leifsonia flava sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of Aquilegia viridiflora. J Microbiol 2018; 56:549-555. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species and may be reclassified as a new genus together with Microterricola gilva". 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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