Name: Leifsonia pindariensis Reddy et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pin.da.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. pindariensis, of or pertaining to the Pindari glacier of the Himalayan region of India, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22300; JCM 15132; LMG 24222; MTCC 9128; PON10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM900767 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reddy GS, Prabagaran SR, Shivaji S. Leifsonia pindariensis sp. nov., isolated from the Pindari glacier of the Indian Himalayas, and emended description of the genus Leifsonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2229-2234.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microterricola pindariensis (Reddy et al. 2008) Dhotre et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microterricola pindariensis (Reddy et al. 2008) Dhotre et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Leifsonia pindariensis 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000

Assigned by: Reddy GS, Prabagaran SR, Shivaji S. Leifsonia pindariensis sp. nov., isolated from the Pindari glacier of the Indian Himalayas, and emended description of the genus Leifsonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2229-2234.

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