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

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Lactobacillaceae, the Lactobacillus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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 23 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 25
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 28

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Agrilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Amylolactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Apilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Bombilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    [Cillobacterium]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Companilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Dellaglioa Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Fructilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Furfurilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Holzapfelia Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Lacticaseibacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Lactiplantibacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published, conserved name	correct name
    Lapidilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Latilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Levilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Limosilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Liquorilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Loigolactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Paralactobacillus Leisner et al. 2000	validly published	synonym
    Paucilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published, conserved name	correct name
    Schleiferilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    [Streptobacterium]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information

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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