Name: Leifsonia tongyongensis (Kim et al. 2014) Gtari et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Diaminobutyricibacter tongyongensis Kim et al. 2014

Etymology: ton.gy.ong.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tongyongensis, refers to the Tongyong region where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ton-gy-on͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: KACC 15515; KIS66-7; NBRC 108724

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16S rRNA gene: JX876865 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gtari M, Boussoufa D, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Sbissi I. Taxonomic rearrangement of Salinibacterium, Leifsonia, Diaminobutyricibacter, Antiquaquibacter, Homoserinimonas and Glaciibacter: refining genus boundaries and proposal of two new genera - Orlajensenia gen. nov. and Leifsonella gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6809.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Diaminobutyricibacter tongyongensis Kim et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05025 (N = 30).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-07-01.
  • 🙆 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: Gtari M, Boussoufa D, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Sbissi I. Taxonomic rearrangement of Salinibacterium, Leifsonia, Diaminobutyricibacter, Antiquaquibacter, Homoserinimonas and Glaciibacter: refining genus boundaries and proposal of two new genera - Orlajensenia gen. nov. and Leifsonella gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6809.

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Record number: 66198