Name: Lewinella persica (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Herpetosiphon persicus Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: per’si.ca. L. neut. adj. persicum, a peach; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; L. fem. adj. persica, Persian, here intended to mean peach-coloured

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23167; DSM 23188; NBRC 102663; NCIMB 1396; T-3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB301616 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sly LI, Taghavi M, Fegan M. Phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Herpetosiphon: transfer of the marine species Herpetosiphon cohaerens, Herpetosiphon nigricans and Herpetosiphon persicus to the genus Lewinella gen. nov. in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:731-737.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Herpetosiphon persicus Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Neolewinella persica (Lewin 1970) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Khan et al. 2007 Khan ST, Fukunaga Y, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S. Emended descriptions of the genus Lewinella and of Lewinella cohaerens, Lewinella nigricans and Lewinella persica, and description of Lewinella lutea sp. nov. and Lewinella marina sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2946-2951. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lewinella Sly et al. 1998

Assigned by: Sly LI, Taghavi M, Fegan M. Phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Herpetosiphon: transfer of the marine species Herpetosiphon cohaerens, Herpetosiphon nigricans and Herpetosiphon persicus to the genus Lewinella gen. nov. in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:731-737.

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