Name: Leminorella grimontii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gri.mont’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. grimontii, of Grimont, named to honor Patrick Grimont and Francine Grimont, French microbiologists at the Pasteur Institute for their many contributions to enteric bacteriology

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33999; CDC 1944-81; CIP 103359; DSM 5078; JCM 5902; LMG 7912; NCTC 12152

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233421 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hickman-Brenner FW, Vohra MP, Huntley-Carter GP, Fanning GR, Lowery VA, Brenner DJ, Farmer JJ. Leminorella, a new genus of Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Leminorella grimontii sp. nov. and Leminorella richardii sp. nov. found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1985; 21:234-239.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 18. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leminorella Hickman-Brenner et al. 1985. Publication: Hickman-Brenner FW, Vohra MP, Huntley-Carter GP, Fanning GR, Lowery VA, Brenner DJ, Farmer JJ. Leminorella, a new genus of Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Leminorella grimontii sp. nov. and Leminorella richardii sp. nov. found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1985; 21:234-239.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Leminorella Hickman-Brenner et al. 1985

Assigned by: Hickman-Brenner FW, Vohra MP, Huntley-Carter GP, Fanning GR, Lowery VA, Brenner DJ, Farmer JJ. Leminorella, a new genus of Enterobacteriaceae: identification of Leminorella grimontii sp. nov. and Leminorella richardii sp. nov. found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1985; 21:234-239.

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