Name: Lelliottia wanjuensis Lee et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wan.ju.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. wanjuensis, pertaining to Wanju, a city located in South Korea, where the bacterium was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lel-li-OT-ti-a wan-ju-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 115585; LMG 32996; V104_15

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OR946368 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lee J, Tai E, Jeong S, Kim I, Kim BE, Jeong MI, Oh KK, Biere N, Franz CMAP, Cho GS. Lelliottia wanjuensis sp. nov. Isolated from Korean Lettuce in Wanju, South Korea. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:382. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

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 0.03625 (N = 38).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-10.
  • 🙆 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: Lelliottia Brady et al. 2013

Assigned by: Lee J, Tai E, Jeong S, Kim I, Kim BE, Jeong MI, Oh KK, Biere N, Franz CMAP, Cho GS. Lelliottia wanjuensis sp. nov. Isolated from Korean Lettuce in Wanju, South Korea. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:382. 🇩🇪

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