Notes:

• 1) 'Nom. cons.' (= nomen conservandum, = conserved name) refers to a name selected by the procedure under its Code and meant to be used for all earlier synonyms and homonyms.
• 2) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.
• 3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 4) 'Nom. rej.' (= nomen rejeciendum, = rejected name) refers to a name rejected in favor of a name conserved through procedures stipulated in the various Codes of Nomenclature.
• 5) not "Listerella" Cushman 1933
• 6) not "Listerella" Jahn 1906

Comments and References:

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JUDICIAL OPINION 12 (1954) Opinions 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy (1954) 4(3-4):141-158. "Opinion 12: Conservation of Listeria Pirie 1940 as a Generic Name in Bacteriology." [N.B.: "Listeria Pirie 1940 (type species Listeria monocytogenes (Murray, Webb, and Swann) Pirie 1940 shall be placed in the list of conserved names of bacterial genera (nomina generum conservanda)."]

Pirie JH (1940), PubMed: abstract Pirie, J.H. "The genus Listerella Pirie." Science (1940) 91(2364):383.

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JUDICIAL OPINION 15 (1954) Opinions 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy (1954) 4(3-4):141-158. "Opinion 15: Names of Bacterial Genera to be Rejected as later Synonyms of Names of Genera of Protozoa." [N.B.: Eleven names of bacterial genera are placed in the list of names of bacterial genera to be rejected (nomina generum bacteriorum rejicienda).]

Listeria (LPSN link)

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