Name: Levinea amalonatica Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ma.lo.na’ti.ca. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); N.L. masc. n. malonas (gen. malonatis), malonate; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. malonatica, pertaining to malonate; N.L. fem. adj. amalonatica, not pertaining to malonate (i.e., not able to utilize malonate)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ma-lo-NA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: 9823; ATCC 25405; CCUG 4860; CCUG 4860 A; CIP 82.89; DSM 4593; JCM 1661; LMG 7873; NCTC 10805

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM515966 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Young VM, Kenton DM, Hobbs BJ, Moody MR. Levinea, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:58-63.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Citrobacter amalonaticus (Young et al. 1971) Brenner and Farmer 1982

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Citrobacter amalonaticus (Young et al. 1971) Brenner and Farmer 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Levinea Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Young VM, Kenton DM, Hobbs BJ, Moody MR. Levinea, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:58-63.
  • ❗ Levinea amalonatica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Levinea.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Levinea malonatica from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: Levinea Young et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Young VM, Kenton DM, Hobbs BJ, Moody MR. Levinea, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:58-63.

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Record number: 777572