Name: Lolliginicoccus levis Miyanishi et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le’vis. L. masc. adj. levis, light

Pronunciation, gender: LE-wis, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 49749; NBRC 114883; Y7R2

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16S rRNA gene: LC685063 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miyanishi M, Hamada M, Taniguchi T, Enomoto N, Oota T, Teramoto M. Lolliginicoccus levis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the brain of the Chiroteuthis picteti squid, and reclassification of two Hoyosella species as Lolliginicoccus suaedae comb. nov. and Lolliginicoccus lacisalsi comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5788.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hoyosella levis (Miyanishi et al. 2023) Val-Calvo et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hoyosella levis (Miyanishi et al. 2023) Val-Calvo et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Lolliginicoccus levis 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 Lolliginicoccus.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lolliginicoccus Miyanishi et al. 2023

Assigned by: Miyanishi M, Hamada M, Taniguchi T, Enomoto N, Oota T, Teramoto M. Lolliginicoccus levis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the brain of the Chiroteuthis picteti squid, and reclassification of two Hoyosella species as Lolliginicoccus suaedae comb. nov. and Lolliginicoccus lacisalsi comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5788.

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Record number: 37160