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Name: Listeria costaricensis Núñez-Montero et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cos.ta.ri.cen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. costaricensis, ‘from Costa Rica’, the country from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lis-TE-ri-a kos-ta-ri-KEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CIP 111400; CLIP 2016/00682; CLIP201600682; DSM 105474

16S rRNA gene: MK174378 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Nunez-Montero K, Leclercq A, Moura A, Vales G, Peraza J, Pizarro-Cerda J, Lecuit M. Listeria costaricensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:844-850. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

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 6 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nunez-Montero K, Leclercq A, Moura A, Vales G, Peraza J, Pizarro-Cerda J, Lecuit M. Listeria costaricensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:844-850. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 797562