Name: Listeria rocourtiae subsp. hofi Brown et al. 2025

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ho’fi. N.L. gen. masc. n. hofi, named in honour of Dr Herbert Hof, for his research and other pioneering contributions on Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lis-TE-ri-a ro-KOUR-ti-a͡e HO-fi, feminine

Type strain: CIP 112443; CLIP 2022/01000; DSM 117030; F66L-1A

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OR195334 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brown P, Moura A, Vales G, Tessaud-Rita N, Niedermeyer J, Parsons C, Leclercq A, Harris A, Emanuel RE, Kathariou S, et al. Listeria tempestatis sp. nov. and Listeria rocourtiae subsp. hofi subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6774. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Listeria rocourtiae Leclercq et al. 2010

Assigned by: Brown P, Moura A, Vales G, Tessaud-Rita N, Niedermeyer J, Parsons C, Leclercq A, Harris A, Emanuel RE, Kathariou S, et al. Listeria tempestatis sp. nov. and Listeria rocourtiae subsp. hofi subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6774. 🇺🇸

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