Name: "Mesolisteria costaricensis" (Núñez-Montero et al. 2018) Bouznada et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Listeria costaricensis Núñez-Montero et al. 2018

Etymology: cos.ta.ri.cen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. costaricensis, ‘from Costa Rica’, the country from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-so-lis-TE-ri-a kos-ta-ri-KEN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: CIP 111400; CLIP 2016/00682; CLIP201600682; DSM 105474

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK174378 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bouznada K, Belaouni HA, Saker R, Chaabane Chaouch F, Meklat A. Phylogenomic analyses of the Listeriaceae family support species reclassification and proposal of a new family and new genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:18. 🇩🇿

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Listeria costaricensis Núñez-Montero et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Listeria costaricensis Núñez-Montero et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Mesolisteria" Bouznada et al. 2025

Assigned by: Bouznada K, Belaouni HA, Saker R, Chaabane Chaouch F, Meklat A. Phylogenomic analyses of the Listeriaceae family support species reclassification and proposal of a new family and new genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:18. 🇩🇿

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Record number: 54534