Name: Listeria weihenstephanensis Lang Halter et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wei.hen.ste.phan.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. weihenstephanensis, of or belonging to Freising/ Weihenstephan in southern Germany, where the type strain was identified

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8544; DSM 24698; LMG 26374; WS 4560

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR850019 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lang Halter E, Neuhaus K, Scherer S. Listeria weihenstephanensis sp. nov., isolated from the water plant Lemna trisulca taken from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:641-647.

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
    "Paenilisteria weihenstephanensis" (Lang Halter et al. 2013) Bouznada et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Paenilisteria weihenstephanensis" (Lang Halter et al. 2013) Orsi and Wiedmann 2016	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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 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: Lang Halter E, Neuhaus K, Scherer S. Listeria weihenstephanensis sp. nov., isolated from the water plant Lemna trisulca taken from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:641-647.

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Record number: 790491