Name: Listeria goaensis Doijad et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: go.a.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. goaensis, of or belonging to the state of Goa in India, the place from which the isolate originated [probably better: goensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … go-a-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 29886; ILCC801; KCTC 33909; MCC 3285

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR363105 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Doijad SP, Poharkar KV, Kale SB, Kerkar S, Kalorey DR, Kurkure NV, Rawool DB, Malik SVS, Ahmad RY, Hudel M, et al. Listeria goaensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3285-3291. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mesolisteria goaensis" (Doijad et al. 2018) 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. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. 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. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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: Doijad SP, Poharkar KV, Kale SB, Kerkar S, Kalorey DR, Kurkure NV, Rawool DB, Malik SVS, Ahmad RY, Hudel M, et al. Listeria goaensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3285-3291. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 797888