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Name: Leucobacter coleopterorum Hyun et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: co.le.op.te.ro’rum. N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. coleopterorum, of Coleoptera, the name of the order of beetles, from which the strains were first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le͡u-ko-BAK-ter ko-le-op-te-RO-rum, masculine

Type strain: HDW9A; JCM 33667; KACC 21331; KCTC 49317

16S rRNA gene: MN099406 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Hyun DW, Sung H, Kim PS, Yun JH, Bae JW. Leucobacter coleopterorum sp. nov., Leucobacter insecticola sp. nov., and Leucobacter viscericola sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of the diving beetles, Cybister brevis and Cybister lewisianus, and emended description of the genus Leucobacter. J Microbiol 2021; 59:360-368. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 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.

Parent taxon: Leucobacter Takeuchi et al. 1996

Assigned by: Hyun DW, Sung H, Kim PS, Yun JH, Bae JW. Leucobacter coleopterorum sp. nov., Leucobacter insecticola sp. nov., and Leucobacter viscericola sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of the diving beetles, Cybister brevis and Cybister lewisianus, and emended description of the genus Leucobacter. J Microbiol 2021; 59:360-368. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 26584