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. fem. 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 (and not recommended for medical use)

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". — 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

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