Name: Listeria innocua (ex Seeliger and Schoofs 1979) Seeliger 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: in.no.cu.a. L. fem. adj. innocua, harmless

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33090; CCUG 15531; CIP 80.11; DSM 20649; LMG 11387; NBIMCC 8755; NCTC 11288; SLCC 3379

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16S rRNA gene: JF967625 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Seeliger HP. [Nonpathogenic listeriae: L. innocua sp. n. (Seeliger et Schoofs, 1977) (author's transl)]. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg A 1981; 249:487-493.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1189 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 On the Validation List no. 10, this taxon is cited as Listeria innocua Seeliger 1983, sp. nov. However, it should be considered a revived name with the original publication date of 1979. Publication: Krieg NR, Holt JG. Editorial note. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 1242.

Parent taxon: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Seeliger HP. [Nonpathogenic listeriae: L. innocua sp. n. (Seeliger et Schoofs, 1977) (author's transl)]. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg A 1981; 249:487-493.

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Record number: 777587