Name: Leisingera methylohalidivorans Schaefer et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.thy.lo.ha.li.di.vo.rans. N.L. n. methylohalidum, methyl halide; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. methylohalidivorans, degrading methyl halides

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-92; DSM 14336; MB2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ915607 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schaefer JK, Goodwin KD, McDonald IR, Murrell JC, Oremland RS. Leisingera methylohalidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine methylotroph that grows on methyl bromide. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:851-859.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Vandecandelaere et al. 2008 Vandecandelaere I, Segaert E, Mollica A, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Leisingera aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm, and emended descriptions of Leisingera methylohalidivorans Schaefer et al. 2002, Phaeobacter daeponensis Yoon et al. 2007 and Phaeobacter inhibens Martens et al. 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2788-2793. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leisingera Schaefer et al. 2002. Publication: Schaefer JK, Goodwin KD, McDonald IR, Murrell JC, Oremland RS. Leisingera methylohalidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine methylotroph that grows on methyl bromide. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:851-859.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Programme. Publication: Buddruhs N, Chertkov O, Petersen J, Fiebig A, Chen A, Pati A, Ivanova N, Lapidus A, Goodwin LA, Chain P, et al. Complete genome sequence of the marine methyl-halide oxidizing Leisingera methylohalidivorans type strain (DSM 14336^T), a representative of the Roseobacter clade. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:128-141.

Parent taxon: Leisingera Schaefer et al. 2002

Assigned by: Schaefer JK, Goodwin KD, McDonald IR, Murrell JC, Oremland RS. Leisingera methylohalidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine methylotroph that grows on methyl bromide. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:851-859.

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