Genus Paralactobacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
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).
Paralactobacillus Leisner et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paralactobacillus selangorensis Leisner et al. 2000.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, resembling; N.L. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Paralactobacillus, resembling the genus Lactobacillus.
Valid publication: 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).
Note: Haakensen et al. 2011 propose to transfer ¤ Paralactobacillus selangorensis Leisner et al. 2000, the type species of the genus Paralactobacillus, to the genus ¤ Lactobacillus as ¤ Lactobacillus selangorensis (Leisner et al. 2000) Haakensen et al. 2011, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Paralactobacillus to ¤ Lactobacillus.
Reference: 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paralactobacillus selangorensis Leisner et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC BAA-66 = CCUG 43347 = CIP 106482 = DSM 13344 = LMG 17710.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF049745.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. selangorensis, pertaining to the province of Selangor, Malaysia.
Valid publication: 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Lactobacillus selangorensis (Leisner et al. 2000) Haakensen et al. 2011, comb. nov.