Species ***Leucobacter* *aridicollis***

Name: Leucobacter aridicollis Morais et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ri.di.col’lis. L. masc. adj. aridus, dry; L. gen. masc. n. collis, an elevation, hill; N.L. gen. masc. n. aridicollis, of a dry hill, referring to the town of Alcanena, which the Moors called al-Kinan, meaning a dry hill

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le͡u-ko-BAK-ter a-ri-di-KOL-lis, masculine

Type strain: CIP 108388; DSM 17380; JCM 13321; L-9; LMG 22507

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ781047 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Morais PV, Francisco R, Branco R, Chung AP, da Costa MS. Leucobacter chromiireducens sp. nov, and Leucobacter aridicollis sp. nov., two new species isolated from a chromium contaminated environment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:646-652. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.28374 (N = 31).
- 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 other species in the genus.
- 🧍 In the protologue of the effective publication, the type strain CIP 108388 is erroneously cited as CIP 108338. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.

Parent taxon: Leucobacter Takeuchi et al. 1996

Assigned by: Morais PV, Francisco R, Branco R, Chung AP, da Costa MS. Leucobacter chromiireducens sp. nov, and Leucobacter aridicollis sp. nov., two new species isolated from a chromium contaminated environment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:646-652. 🇵🇹

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Species Leucobacter aridicollis

Species ***Leucobacter* *aridicollis***