Name: "Listeria grayi subsp. grayi" (Errebo Larsen and Seeliger 1966) Sallen et al. 1996

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Listeria grayi Errebo Larsen and Seeliger 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: gray’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. grayi, referring to Gray

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19120; CCUG 4983; CCUG 5118; CIP 105447; CIP 68.18; DSM 20601; LMG 16490; NCAIM B.01871; NCTC 10815

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Original publication: Sallen B, Rajoharison A, Desvarenne S, Quinn F, Mabilat C. Comparative analysis of 16S and 23S rRNA sequences of Listeria species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:669-674.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned) (and no standing)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: Listeria grayi Errebo Larsen and Seeliger 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sallen B, Rajoharison A, Desvarenne S, Quinn F, Mabilat C. Comparative analysis of 16S and 23S rRNA sequences of Listeria species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:669-674.

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Record number: 4701