Name: Leisingera aquaemixtae (Park et al. 2014) Breider et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phaeobacter aquaemixtae Park et al. 2014

Etymology: a.quae.mix’tae. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. fem. perf. part. mixta, mixed; N.L. gen. fem. n. aquaemixtae, of mixed waters

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le͡i-SIN-ge-ra a-kwa͡e-MIX-ta͡e, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8399; KCTC 32538; SSK6-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF554505 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Breider S, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Fiebig A, Petersen J, Pradella S, Klenk HP, Brinkhoff T, Goker M. Genome-scale data suggest reclassifications in the Leisingera-Phaeobacter cluster including proposals for Sedimentitalea gen. nov. and Pseudophaeobacter gen. nov. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:416. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3603-3606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phaeobacter aquaemixtae Park et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Leisingera Schaefer et al. 2002

Assigned by: Breider S, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Fiebig A, Petersen J, Pradella S, Klenk HP, Brinkhoff T, Goker M. Genome-scale data suggest reclassifications in the Leisingera-Phaeobacter cluster including proposals for Sedimentitalea gen. nov. and Pseudophaeobacter gen. nov. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:416. 🇩🇪

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