Species ***Leucobacter* *musarum***

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Actinomycetota Actinomycetes Micrococcales Microbacteriaceae Leucobacter Leucobacter musarum

Name: Leucobacter musarum Clark and Hodgkin 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.sa’rum. N.L. fem. n. musa, banana; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. musarum, of bananas

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le͡u-ko-BAK-ter mu-SA-rum, masculine

Type strain: CBX152; CIP 110721; DSM 27160

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF906845 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Clark LC, Hodgkin J. Leucobacter musarum subsp. musarum sp. nov., subsp. nov., Leucobacter musarum subsp. japonicus subsp. nov., and Leucobacter celer subsp. astrifaciens subsp. nov., three nematopathogenic bacteria isolated from Caenorhabditis, with an emended description of Leucobacter celer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3977-3984. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

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 0.09025 (N = 30).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n2". — 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 3 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 the species itself.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Leucobacter musarum subsp. japonicus Clark and Hodgkin 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Leucobacter musarum subsp. musarum (Clark and Hodgkin 2015) Clark and Hodgkin 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species

Parent taxon: Leucobacter Takeuchi et al. 1996

Assigned by: Clark LC, Hodgkin J. Leucobacter musarum subsp. musarum sp. nov., subsp. nov., Leucobacter musarum subsp. japonicus subsp. nov., and Leucobacter celer subsp. astrifaciens subsp. nov., three nematopathogenic bacteria isolated from Caenorhabditis, with an emended description of Leucobacter celer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3977-3984. 🇬🇧

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