Lactobacillus

Taxonomy ID: 1578 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid1578)

current name

Lactobacillus  Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

homotypic synonym:

Lactobacillus  Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cai et al. 2012 , emended name  ¹⁾

Lactobacillus  Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Haakensen et al. 2009 , emended name  ²⁾

NCBI BLAST name: firmicutes
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Paralactobacillus  Leisner et al. 2000

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Lactobacillaceae

Notes:

• 1) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.
• 2) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.

Comments and References:

Lactobacillus (LPSN link)

Paralactobacillus (LPSN link)

Beijerinck MW (1901) Beijerinck M.W. "Sur les ferments lactiques de l'industrie." Archives Neerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles (Section 2) (1901) 6:212-243. [No PubMed record available.]

Cai Y et al. (2012) Cai, Y., Pang, H., Kitahara, M., and Ohkuma, M. "Lactobacillus nasuensis sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from silage, and emended description of the genus Lactobacillus." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2012) 62:1140-1144.

Claesson MJ et al. (2008) Claesson, M.J., van Sinderen, D., and O'Toole, P.W. "Lactobacillus phylogenomics--towards a reclassification of the genus." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:2945-2954.

Haakensen M et al. (2009) Haakensen, M., Dobson, C.M., Hill, J.E., and Ziola, B. "Reclassification of Pediococcus dextrinicus (Coster and White 1964) Back 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) as Lactobacillus dextrinicus comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Lactobacillus." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2009) 59:615-621.

Haakensen M et al. (2011) Haakensen, M., Pittet, V., and Ziola, B. "Reclassification of Paralactobacillus selangorensis (Leisner et al., 2000) as Lactobacillus selangorensis comb. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2011) 61:2979-2983.

Leisner JJ et al. (2000) Leisner, J.J., Vancanneyt, M., Goris, J., Christensen, H., and Rusul, G. "Description of Paralactobacillus selangorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new lactic acid bacterium isolated from chili bo, a Malaysian food ingredient." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.(2000) 50:19-24.

Naser SM et al. (2007) Naser, S.M., Dawyndt, P., Hoste, B., Gevers, D., Vandemeulebroecke, K., Cleenwerck, I., Vancanneyt, M., and Swings, J. "Identification of lactobacilli by pheS and rpoA gene sequence analyses." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:2777-2789.

Salvetti E et al. (2018) Salvetti, E., Harris, H.M.B., Felis, G.E., and O'Toole, P.W. "Comparative genomics of the genus Lactobacillus reveals robust phylogroups that provide the basis for reclassification." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2018) 84:e00993-18. [Erratum: Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2018) 84:e02052-18.]

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

Wittouck S et al. (2019) Wittouck, S., Wuyts, S., Meehan, C.J., van Noort, V., and Lebeer, S. "A genome-based species taxonomy of the Lactobacillus genus complex." mSystems (2019) 4:e00264-19.