Species Lonsdalea quercina

Name: Lonsdalea quercina (Hildebrand and Schroth 1967) Brady et al. 2012

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Erwinia quercina Hildebrand and Schroth 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: quer’ci.na. L. fem. adj. quercina, of or pertaining to oak

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lons-DA-le-a KWER-ki-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29281; CCUG 48867; CFBP 3617; CFCC 10717; CIP 105201; DSM 4561; ICMP 1845; LMG 2724; NCPPB 1852

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16S rRNA gene: AJ223469 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Denman S, Venter SN, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Coutinho TA, De Vos P. Proposal to reclassify Brenneria quercina (Hildebrand and Schroth 1967) Hauben et al. 1999 into a new genus, Lonsdalea gen. nov., as Lonsdalea quercina comb. nov., descriptions of Lonsdalea quercina subsp. quercina comb. nov., Lonsdalea quercina subsp. iberica subsp. nov. and Lonsdalea quercina subsp. britannica subsp. nov., emendation of the description of the genus Brenneria, reclassification of Dickeya dieffenbachiae as Dickeya dadantii subsp. dieffenbachiae comb. nov., and emendation of the description of Dickeya dadantii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1592-1602. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erwinia quercina Hildebrand and Schroth 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Brenneria quercina (Hildebrand and Schroth 1967) Hauben et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2017 Li Y, Xue H, Guo LM, Koltay A, Palacio-Bielsa A, Chang J, Xie S, Yang X. Elevation of three subspecies of Lonsdalea quercina to species level: Lonsdalea britannica sp. nov., Lonsdalea iberica sp. nov. and Lonsdalea populi sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4680-4684. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lonsdalea Brady et al. 2012. Publication: Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Denman S, Venter SN, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Coutinho TA, De Vos P. Proposal to reclassify Brenneria quercina (Hildebrand and Schroth 1967) Hauben et al. 1999 into a new genus, Lonsdalea gen. nov., as Lonsdalea quercina comb. nov., descriptions of Lonsdalea quercina subsp. quercina comb. nov., Lonsdalea quercina subsp. iberica subsp. nov. and Lonsdalea quercina subsp. britannica subsp. nov., emendation of the description of the genus Brenneria, reclassification of Dickeya dieffenbachiae as Dickeya dadantii subsp. dieffenbachiae comb. nov., and emendation of the description of Dickeya dadantii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1592-1602. 🇿🇦
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 29181.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p". — 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2014). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2011-2012). Journal of Plant Pathology 2014; 96:223-226. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 In the paper by Brady et al. 2012, the basonym is erroneously cited as Brenneria quercina (Hildebrand and Schroth 1967) Hauben et al. 1999. Publication: Hauben L, Moore ER, Vauterin L, Steenackers M, Mergaert J, Verdonck L, Swings J. Phylogenetic position of phytopathogens within the Enterobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:384-397. 🇧🇪

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lonsdalea quercina subsp. britannica Brady et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lonsdalea quercina subsp. iberica Brady et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lonsdalea quercina subsp. populi Tóth et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lonsdalea quercina subsp. quercina (Hildebrand and Schroth 1967) Brady et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species

Parent taxon: Lonsdalea Brady et al. 2012

Assigned by: Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Denman S, Venter SN, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Coutinho TA, De Vos P. Proposal to reclassify Brenneria quercina (Hildebrand and Schroth 1967) Hauben et al. 1999 into a new genus, Lonsdalea gen. nov., as Lonsdalea quercina comb. nov., descriptions of Lonsdalea quercina subsp. quercina comb. nov., Lonsdalea quercina subsp. iberica subsp. nov. and Lonsdalea quercina subsp. britannica subsp. nov., emendation of the description of the genus Brenneria, reclassification of Dickeya dieffenbachiae as Dickeya dadantii subsp. dieffenbachiae comb. nov., and emendation of the description of Dickeya dadantii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1592-1602. 🇿🇦

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