Name: Listeria denitrificans Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14870; CCUG 15532; CIP 55.134; DSM 20603; IFO 15587; JCM 11481; NBRC 15587; NCTC 10816

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X78420 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prévot AR. Traité de Systématique Bactérienne, vol. 2. Dunod, Paris, 1961.

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

Correct name: Jonesia denitrificans (Prévot 1961) Rocourt et al. 1987

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Jonesia denitrificans (Prévot 1961) Rocourt et al. 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Listeria denitrificans 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 Listeria.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Traité de Systématique Bactérienne, vol. 2. Dunod, Paris, 1961.

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Record number: 777585