Name: "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.fri.ca’nus. L. masc. adj. africanus, African

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: li-be-ri-BAK-ter a-fri-KA-nus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Nelspruit

16S rRNA gene: L22533 Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid publication: Jagoueix S, Bove JM, Garnier M. The phloem-limited bacterium of greening disease of citrus is a member of the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:379-386. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Liberobacter africanum" Murray and Stackebrandt 1995	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Liberobacter africanum" Jagoueix et al. 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus" corrig. Murray and Stackebrandt 1995	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p3". — 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.
  • 🧍 See also Murray and Stackebrandt (1995). Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The original spelling Candidatus Liberobacter africanum (sic) was corrected by Garnier et al. 2000. Publication: Garnier M, Jagoueix-Eveillard S, Cronje PR, Le Roux HF, Bove JM. Genomic characterization of a liberibacter present in an ornamental rutaceous tree, Calodendrum capense, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Proposal of 'Candidatus Liberibacter africanus subsp. capensis'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2119-2125. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The original spelling of this Candidatus name has been corrected by Oren (2017). Publication: Oren A. A plea for linguistic accuracy - also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094. 🇮🇱 Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus subsp. capensis" Garnier et al. 2000	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus subsp. clausenae" Roberts et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus subsp. tecleae" Roberts and Pietersen 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus subsp. vepridis" Roberts et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus subsp. zanthoxyli" Roberts et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Liberibacter" corrig. Jagoueix et al. 1994

Assigned by: Jagoueix S, Bove JM, Garnier M. The phloem-limited bacterium of greening disease of citrus is a member of the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:379-386. 🇫🇷

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