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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Listeria swaminathanii"

Name: "Listeria swaminathanii" Carlin et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: swa.mi.na.tha’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. swaminathanii, named in honor of Balasubramanian Swaminathan for his contributions to the epidemiology of human listeriosis and laboratory diagnostic methodologies

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: CCUG 77280; LMG 33255; UTK S2-0008

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16S rRNA gene: PP860874 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Carlin CR, Hudson LK, Chaggar HK, Schamp CN, Gaballa A, Orsi RH, Wiedmann M, Denes TG. Proposal to validate Listeria swaminathanii sp. nov. and reassign the type strain to UTK S2-0008. Microbiol Spectr 2026; 0:e0413925. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Listeria Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Carlin CR, Hudson LK, Chaggar HK, Schamp CN, Gaballa A, Orsi RH, Wiedmann M, Denes TG. Proposal to validate Listeria swaminathanii sp. nov. and reassign the type strain to UTK S2-0008. Microbiol Spectr 2026; 0:e0413925. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 73059

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