Name: Raoultella lignicola Brady et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.gni’co.la. L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. lignicola, wood inhabitant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ra-oul-TEL-la li-N͡GNI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 77094; LMG 33073; TW_WC1a.1

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16S rRNA gene: OQ813758 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brady C, Crampton B, Kaur S, Maddock D, Kile H, Arnold D, Denman S. Two novel Raoultella species associated with bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts, Raoultella scottia sp. nov. and Raoultella lignicola sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1386923. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Klebsiella lignicola (Brady et al. 2024) Göker et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella lignicola (Brady et al. 2024) Göker et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Raoultella lignicola 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 Raoultella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-14.
  • 🙅 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: Raoultella Drancourt et al. 2001

Assigned by: Brady C, Crampton B, Kaur S, Maddock D, Kile H, Arnold D, Denman S. Two novel Raoultella species associated with bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts, Raoultella scottia sp. nov. and Raoultella lignicola sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1386923. 🇬🇧

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