Name: Listeria fleischmannii Bertsch et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fleisch.man’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. fleischmannii, of Fleischmann, named after the Agricultural Scientist Professor Wilhelm Fleischmann, who performed important general and bacterial research on milk and dairy products and is considered the founder of dairy science and technology

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fle͡is͡h-MAN-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8543; DSM 24998; LMG 26584; LU2006-1; NCTC 13940

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16S rRNA gene: JN093101 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bertsch D, Rau J, Eugster MR, Haug MC, Lawson PA, Lacroix C, Meile L. Listeria fleischmannii sp. nov., isolated from cheese. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:526-532. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mesolisteria fleischmannii" (Bertsch et al. 2013) Bouznada et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Listeria fleischmannii subsp. coloradonensis den Bakker et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Listeria fleischmannii subsp. fleischmannii (Bertsch et al. 2013) den Bakker et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bertsch D, Rau J, Eugster MR, Haug MC, Lawson PA, Lacroix C, Meile L. Listeria fleischmannii sp. nov., isolated from cheese. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:526-532. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 790492