Name: Leifsonia shinshuensis Suzuki et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: shin.shu.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. shinshuensis, referring to Shinshu, which is the old name of Nagano Prefecture, Japan [the source of soil sample from which the type strain was isolated]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 106805; DB 102; DSM 15165; JCM 10591; NBRC 103132

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH281744 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suzuki KI, Suzuki M, Sasaki J, Park YH, Komagata KK. Leifsonia gen. nov., a genus for 2,4-diaminobutyric acid-containing actinomycetes to accommodate "Corynebacterium aquaticum" Leifson 1962 and Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis Davis et al. 1984. J Gen Appl Microbiol 1999; 45:253-262.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05514 (N = 39).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000

Assigned by: Suzuki KI, Suzuki M, Sasaki J, Park YH, Komagata KK. Leifsonia gen. nov., a genus for 2,4-diaminobutyric acid-containing actinomycetes to accommodate "Corynebacterium aquaticum" Leifson 1962 and Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis Davis et al. 1984. J Gen Appl Microbiol 1999; 45:253-262.

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