Name: Luteibacter mycovicinus Baltrus et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: my.co.vi.ci’nus. Gr. masc. n. mykês, fungus; L. masc. adj. vicinus, neighbouring; N.L. masc. adj. mycovicinus, neighbouring a fungus, referring to the original isolation of this strain as a facultative endohyphal associate of a fungus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lu-te-i-BAK-ter my-ko-wi-KI-nus, masculine

Type strain: 9143; ATCC TSD-257; DBL433; DSM 112764

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ON786547 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baltrus DA, Carter M, Clark M, Smith C, Spraker J, Inderbitzin P, Arnold AE. Luteibacter mycovicinus sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented gammaproteobacterium found as an endohyphal symbiont of endophytic Ascomycota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6240. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Luteibacter Johansen et al. 2005

Assigned by: Baltrus DA, Carter M, Clark M, Smith C, Spraker J, Inderbitzin P, Arnold AE. Luteibacter mycovicinus sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented gammaproteobacterium found as an endohyphal symbiont of endophytic Ascomycota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6240. 🇺🇸

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