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Species Listeria costaricensis
Name: Listeria costaricensis Núñez-Montero et al. 2018
Etymology: cos.ta.ri.cen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. costaricensis, ‘from Costa Rica’, the country from where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: … kos-ta-ri-KEN-sis, feminine
Type strain: CIP 111400; CLIP 2016/00682; CLIP201600682; DSM 105474
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MK174378
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FASTA
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. 
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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)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Mesolisteria costaricensis" (Núñez-Montero et al. 2018) Bouznada et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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
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