Name: Litchfieldia sinesaloumensis (Sarr et al. 2021) Li et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus sinesaloumensis Sarr et al. 2021

Etymology: si.ne.sa.lou.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. sinesaloumensis, of Sine-Saloum, a former administrative region of Senegal where the village of Ndiop is located, from which this strain was sampled

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … si-ne-sa-lou-MEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 69890; CSUR P3516; Marseille P3516

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16S rRNA gene: OQ216873 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Bacillus sinesaloumensis Sarr et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus sinesaloumensis Sarr et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillus sinesaloumensis" Senghor et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Ferdinandcohnia sinesaloumensis" (Sarr et al. 2021) Dhulappa et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Litchfieldia sinesaloumensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Litchfieldia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-09.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Litchfieldia Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 55472