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Family Leuconostocaceae

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Leuconostoc, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Leuconostocaceae, family of the genus Leuconostoc.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 132. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 469-472.
Effective publication: SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Family V. Leuconostocaceae fam. nov. In: P. DE VOS, G.M. GARRITY, D. JONES, N.R. KRIEG, W. LUDWIG, F.A. RAINEY, K.H. SCHLEIFER and W.B. WHITMAN (editors): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 2009, p. 624.
Validation List no. 132 in IJSEM Online

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