Name: Leminorella grimontii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gri.mon’ti.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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gri-MON-ti-i, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 = "+". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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