Name: Paenilisteria rocourtiae (Leclercq et al. 2010) Bouznada et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Listeria rocourtiae Leclercq et al. 2010

Etymology: ro.cour’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. rocourtiae, named in honour of Jocelyne Rocourt, French bacteriologist, whose work had a major impact on the taxonomy of the genus Listeria

Pronunciation, gender: ro-KOUR-ti-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: Allerberger 700284/02; CECT 7972; CIP 109804; DSM 22097

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ557241 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 rocourtiae Leclercq et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Listeria rocourtiae Leclercq et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paenilisteria Bouznada et al. 2025. 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.
  • ❗ Paenilisteria rocourtiae 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: 54549