Name: Leucobacter celer subsp. astrifaciens Clark and Hodgkin 2015

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: as.tr.ifa’ci.ens. L. neut. n. astrum, star; L. pres. part. faciens, making; N.L. part. adj. astrifaciens, star-making

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CBX151; CIP 110720; DSM 27159

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF906844 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Clark LC, Hodgkin J. Leucobacter musarum subsp. musarum sp. nov., subsp. nov., Leucobacter musarum subsp. japonicus subsp. nov., and Leucobacter celer subsp. astrifaciens subsp. nov., three nematopathogenic bacteria isolated from Caenorhabditis, with an emended description of Leucobacter celer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3977-3984.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n2".
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this subspecies was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Leucobacter celer Shin et al. 2011

Assigned by: Clark LC, Hodgkin J. Leucobacter musarum subsp. musarum sp. nov., subsp. nov., Leucobacter musarum subsp. japonicus subsp. nov., and Leucobacter celer subsp. astrifaciens subsp. nov., three nematopathogenic bacteria isolated from Caenorhabditis, with an emended description of Leucobacter celer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3977-3984.

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