Name: Jonesia denitrificans (Prévot 1961) Rocourt et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Listeria denitrificans Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. fem. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14870; CCUG 15532; CIP 55.134; DSM 20603; IFO 15587; JCM 11481; NBRC 15587; NCTC 10816

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16S rRNA gene: X78420 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rocourt J, Wehmeyer U, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Listeria denitrificans to a new genus, Jonesia gen. nov., as Jonesia denitrificans comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:266-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Listeria denitrificans Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Jonesia Rocourt and Stackebrandt 1987. Publication: Rocourt J, Wehmeyer U, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Listeria denitrificans to a new genus, Jonesia gen. nov., as Jonesia denitrificans comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:266-270.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Pukall R, Gehrich-Schroter G, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Glavina Del Rio T, Lucas S, Chen F, Tice H, Pitluck S, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of Jonesia denitrificans type strain (Prevot 55134). Stand Genomic Sci 2009; 1:262-269.

Parent taxon: Jonesia Rocourt and Stackebrandt 1987

Assigned by: Rocourt J, Wehmeyer U, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Listeria denitrificans to a new genus, Jonesia gen. nov., as Jonesia denitrificans comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:266-270.

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