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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Subspecies Listeria rocourtiae subsp. rocourtiae

Name: Listeria rocourtiae subsp. rocourtiae (Leclercq et al. 2010) Brown et al. 2025

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Listeria rocourtiae Leclercq et al. 2010

Etymology: ro.cour’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. rocourtiae, named after the French bacteriologist Jocelyne Rocourt

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

Type strain: Allerberger 700284/02; CECT 7972; CIP 109804; DSM 22097

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)

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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