Subspecies Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. chromiireducens

Name: Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. chromiireducens (Morais et al. 2005) Muir and Tan 2007

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov.

Basonym: Leucobacter chromiireducens Morais et al. 2005

Etymology: chro.mi.i.re.du’cens. N.L. neut. n. chromium, chromium (Cr); L. pres. part. reducens, drawing backwards, bringing back to a state or conditionand and, in chemistry, converting to a reduced oxidation state; from L. inf. v. reducere, to bring back, reduce; N.L. masc. part. adj. chromiireducens, chromium reducing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le͡u-ko-BAK-ter k^hro-mi-i-re-DU-kens k^hro-mi-i-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: CIP 108389; DSM 17381; JCM 13322; L-1; LMG 22506

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Muir RE, Tan MW. Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus subsp. nov., a pigmented bacterium isolated from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and emended description of L. chromiireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2770-2776. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus Muir and Tan 2007 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Muir RE, Tan MW. Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus subsp. nov., a pigmented bacterium isolated from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and emended description of L. chromiireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2770-2776. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Morais et al. 2005, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Leucobacter chromiireducens Morais et al. 2005

Assigned by: Muir RE, Tan MW. Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus subsp. nov., a pigmented bacterium isolated from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and emended description of L. chromiireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2770-2776. 🇺🇸

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