Name: Leifsonia stereocauli Zuo et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ste.re.o.cau’li. N.L. gen. neut. n. stereocauli, of the lichen genus Stereocaulon, the source of isolation

Pronunciation, gender: ste-re-o-KA͡U-li, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.62033; KCTC 59219; MCCC 1K08590; YIM 134122

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16S rRNA gene: PP464195 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zuo SY, Xiong LS, Yuan Q, Chen GH, Yang R, Wang LS, Jiang CL, Wang XY, Jiang Y. Leifsonia stereocauli sp. nov., Isolated from Stereocaulon tomentosum Fr. Lichen. Curr Microbiol 2024; 82:60.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.10081 (N = 49).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-03.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000

Assigned by: Zuo SY, Xiong LS, Yuan Q, Chen GH, Yang R, Wang LS, Jiang CL, Wang XY, Jiang Y. Leifsonia stereocauli sp. nov., Isolated from Stereocaulon tomentosum Fr. Lichen. Curr Microbiol 2024; 82:60.

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Record number: 56414