Name: Lentilactobacillus hilgardii (Douglas and Cruess 1936) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus hilgardii Douglas and Cruess 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: hil.gar’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hilgardii, of Hilgard, named after E.W. Hilgard, a pioneer of enology in the State of California, USA

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8290; CCUG 30140; CIP 103007; DSM 20176; IFO 15886; JCM 1155; LMG 6895; NBIMCC 3445; NBRC 15886; NRRL B-1843

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680989 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus hilgardii Douglas and Cruess 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11873 (N = 28).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lentilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

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Record number: 10767