Name: Listeria grandensis Den Bakker et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gran.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. grandensis, of or belonging to Grand, the county where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lis-TE-ri-a gran-DEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BEI NR-42631; DSM 26688; FSL F6-0971; LMG 28122; TTU A1-0212

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX961635 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: den Bakker HC, Warchocki S, Wright EM, Allred AF, Ahlstrom C, Manuel CS, Stasiewicz MJ, Burrell A, Roof S, Strawn LK, et al. Listeria floridensis sp. nov., Listeria aquatica sp. nov., Listeria cornellensis sp. nov., Listeria riparia sp. nov. and Listeria grandensis sp. nov., from agricultural and natural environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1882-1889. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Paenilisteria grandensis" (Den Bakker et al. 2014) Orsi and Wiedmann 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Paenilisteria grandensis" (Den Bakker et al. 2014) Bouznada et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: den Bakker HC, Warchocki S, Wright EM, Allred AF, Ahlstrom C, Manuel CS, Stasiewicz MJ, Burrell A, Roof S, Strawn LK, et al. Listeria floridensis sp. nov., Listeria aquatica sp. nov., Listeria cornellensis sp. nov., Listeria riparia sp. nov. and Listeria grandensis sp. nov., from agricultural and natural environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1882-1889. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 791902