Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 The Judicial Commission affirms that, according to information presented to it, the type strain of Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 designated in the original publication as strain CMS 76r and deposited as MTCC 4210, DSM 15304, CIP 107783 and JCM 12471 does not have properties corresponding with those of the strains held in those collections under those accession numbers. The species Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 was not represented by an authentic deposit of a type strain at the time of effective publication in the pages of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Actinobacteria (sic) Goodfellow 2021 non Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997 Actinomycetota corrig. Goodfellow 2021 Actinobacteriota corrig. Goodfellow 2021 Actinomycetes Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) Microbacteriales Salam et al. 2020 Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000 emend. Dastager et al. 2009 Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 Leifsonia Evtushenko et al. 2000 emend. Dastager et al. 2009 Leifsonia poae Evtushenko et al. 2000 Leifsonia ginsengi Qiu et al. 2007 Leifsonia bigeumensis Dastager et al. 2008 Leifsonia kribbensis Dastager et al. 2009 Leifsonia kafniensis Pindi et al. 2009 emend. Cai et al. 2018 Leifsonia antarctica Pindi et al. 2009 Leifsonia naganoensis Suzuki et al. 2000 Leifsonia aurea Reddy et al. 2003 Leifsonia pindariensis Reddy et al. 2008 Leifsonia soli Madhaiyan et al. 2010 Leifsonia lichenia An et al. 2010 Leifsonia psychrotolerans Ganzert et al. 2011 emend. Cai et al. 2018 Leifsonia cynodontis (Davis et al. 1984) Suzuki et al. 2000 Leifsonia shinshuensis Suzuki et al. 2000 Leifsonia aquatica (ex Leifson 1962) Evtushenko et al. 2000 Leifsonia xyli (Davis et al. 1984) Evtushenko et al. 2000 Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 Reddy G.S.N. Prakash J.S.S. Srinivas R. Matsumoto G.I. Shivaji S. Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica. 2003 53 4 977 984 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02396-0 12892114 These strains were formerly described as the type strain of Leifsonia rubra by Reddy et al. 2003, but Judicial Opinion 96 found that deposits did not represent the type strain, CMS 76r, and that this strain is likely a gammaproteobacteria. Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 Reddy G.S.N. Prakash J.S.S. Srinivas R. Matsumoto G.I. Shivaji S. Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica. 2003 53 4 977 984 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02396-0 12892114 Nouioui I. Carro L. García-López M. Meier-Kolthoff J.P. Woyke T. Kyrpides N.C. Pukall R. Klenk H.-P. Goodfellow M. Göker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria 2018 9 2007 2007 Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbio. 1664-302X 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007 30186281 The effective reference for Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003 listed MTCC 4210, DSM 15304, and CIP 107783 as deposits of the type strain CMS 76r. However, a request for Judicial Opinion found that no deposits represent the type strain. Reddy G.S.N. Prakash J.S.S. Srinivas R. Matsumoto G.I. Shivaji S. Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica. 2003 53 4 977 984 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02396-0 12892114 Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes The properties given at the time of publication for the designated type strain of Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003, CMS 76r, do not correspond with those of MTCC 4210, DSM 15304, CIP 107783 and JCM 12471 that are deposited as representing the type strain: Opinion 96. 2014 64 10 3593 3594 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.069229-0 25288665 An S.-Y. Yokota A. The status of the species Leifsonia rubra Reddy et al. 2003. Request for an Opinion 2007 57 5 1163 1163 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64954-0 17473276 Reddy G.S.N. Prakash J.S.S. Srinivas R. Matsumoto G.I. Shivaji S. Leifsonia rubra sp. nov. and Leifsonia aurea sp. nov., psychrophiles from a pond in Antarctica. 2003 53 4 977 984 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02396-0 12892114 Nouioui I. Carro L. García-López M. Meier-Kolthoff J.P. Woyke T. Kyrpides N.C. Pukall R. Klenk H.-P. Goodfellow M. Göker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria 2018 9 2007 2007 Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbio. 1664-302X 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007 30186281 The deposits cited by Reddy et al. 2003 do not match the type strain (CMS 76r). This name is to be considered to be validly published. A search is to be made for derivatives of strain CMS 76r that are to be deposited in at least two different collections in two different countries. Alternatively, a search is to be made for an appropriate neotype that is to be proposed in accordance with Rule 18c of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria.