Name: Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Lac.to.ba.cil.la’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Lactobacillaceae, the Lactobacillus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-kil-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:505-566.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Zheng et al. 2020 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. 🇮🇹 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.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 31 genera in the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧒 Breed et al. (1957) assigned the tribe Lactobacilleae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧒 Breed et al. (1957) assigned the tribe Streptococceae Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧒 Sneath et al. (1986) assigned the genus "Thermobacterium" Buchanan 1918 to this family. Publication: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG. Editorial Note. In: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 2, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1986, p. 1141-1142. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned the genus Sharpea Morita et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lacmbactllaceae"; "Lactobaciffaceae"; "Lactobacilaceae"; "Lactobacilliaceae"; "Lacyobacillaceae"; "Zactobacillaceae".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2014. Publication: Mattarelli P, Holzapfel W, Franz CMAP, Endo A, Felis GE, Hammes W, Pot B, Dicks L, Dellaglio F. Recommended minimal standards for description of new taxa of the genera Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1434-1451. 🇮🇹
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of closed and open meetings, 3 September 2018, Berlin, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1521-1523. 🇮🇹
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bonaparte C, Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2011, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2546-2548.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Pot B, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 3 September 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5892. 🇮🇹
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Endo and Okada (2008), Botero et al. (2024), Deshmukh and Oren (2023), Dicks et al. (1995). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 514; JCM: 480; LMG: 408; CCUG: 269; CIP: 192; ATCC: 187; NCIMB: 173; NBRC: 134; NRRL: 103; CCM: 100.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 37
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 39
Total number of child taxa: 46

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Agrilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amylolactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Apilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Betabacterium" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published	preferred name
    "Betacoccus" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published	preferred name
    Bombilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Caseobacterium]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Cillobacterium" Prévot 1938	not validly published	preferred name
    Companilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Convivina Praet et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Daquilactobacillus Huang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dellaglioa Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Eupransor Botero et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fructilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Furfurilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Gallilactobacillus" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Holzapfelia Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Holzapfeliella Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lacticaseibacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lactiplantibacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    [Lactobacterium]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Lapidilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Latilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Levilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Limosilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Liquorilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Loigolactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nicolia Oliphant et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Nicoliella Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paralactobacillus Leisner et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    Periweissella Bello et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Philodulcilactobacillus Kouya et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schleiferilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Streptobacterium]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Weissella Collins et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xylocopilactobacillus Kawasaki et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Order II. Lactobacillales ord. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 464. 🇧🇪

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