Name: Paenilisteria newyorkensis (Weller et al. 2015) Bouznada et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Listeria newyorkensis Weller et al. 2015

Etymology: ne.wy.or.ken’sis. N.L. fem. adj. newyorkensis, of or belonging to the state of New York in the USA, the state from which the type strain originated

Pronunciation, gender: … ne-wy-or-KEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 28861; FSL M6-0635; LMG 28310; NCTC 13937

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16S rRNA gene: KM066002 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇩🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Listeria newyorkensis Weller et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Listeria newyorkensis Weller et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Paenilisteria newyorkensis" (Weller et al. 2015) Orsi and Wiedmann 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paenilisteria newyorkensis 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 Paenilisteria.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.
  • 🙅 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Paenilisteria 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: 54603