Name: Herbiconiux ginsengi (Qiu et al. 2007) Behrendt et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Leifsonia ginsengi Qiu et al. 2007

Etymology: gin.sen’gi. N.L. gen. neut. n. ginsengi, of ginseng, the source of the type strain of this species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.3491; DSM 19088; JCM 13908; NBRC 104580; wged11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ473536 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Behrendt U, Schumann P, Hamada M, Suzuki K, Sproer C, Ulrich A. Reclassification of Leifsonia ginsengi (Qiu et al. 2007) as Herbiconiux ginsengi gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Herbiconiux solani sp. nov., an actinobacterium associated with the phyllosphere of Solanum tuberosum L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1039-1047.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leifsonia ginsengi Qiu et al. 2007	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 Herbiconiux Behrendt et al. 2011. Publication: Behrendt U, Schumann P, Hamada M, Suzuki K, Sproer C, Ulrich A. Reclassification of Leifsonia ginsengi (Qiu et al. 2007) as Herbiconiux ginsengi gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Herbiconiux solani sp. nov., an actinobacterium associated with the phyllosphere of Solanum tuberosum L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1039-1047.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Herbiconiux Behrendt et al. 2011

Assigned by: Behrendt U, Schumann P, Hamada M, Suzuki K, Sproer C, Ulrich A. Reclassification of Leifsonia ginsengi (Qiu et al. 2007) as Herbiconiux ginsengi gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Herbiconiux solani sp. nov., an actinobacterium associated with the phyllosphere of Solanum tuberosum L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1039-1047.

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