Name: Bombilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bom.bi.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. bombus, buzzing of bees and bumblebees; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Bombilactobacillus, a lactobacillus from bees and bumble bees

Gender: masculine (stem: Bombilactobacill-)

Type species: Bombilactobacillus mellifer (Olofsson et al. 2014) Zheng et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: 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

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Olofsson TC, Alsterfjord M, Nilson B, Butler E, Vasquez A. Lactobacillus apinorum sp. nov., Lactobacillus mellifer sp. nov., Lactobacillus mellis sp. nov., Lactobacillus melliventris sp. nov., Lactobacillus kimbladii sp. nov., Lactobacillus helsingborgensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus kullabergensis sp. nov., isolated from the honey stomach of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3109-3119.
  • 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.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; CCUG: 2; LMG: 2; NBRC: 2; CCM: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • The distinct name Acetilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Agrilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Apilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Fructilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Furfurilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Lapidilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Latilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Lentilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Levilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Ligilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Limosilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — The distinct name Paucilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bombilactobacillus apium Kang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bombilactobacillus bombi (Killer et al. 2014) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bombilactobacillus folatiphilus Oliphant et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bombilactobacillus mellifer (Olofsson et al. 2014) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bombilactobacillus mellis (Olofsson et al. 2014) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bombilactobacillus thymidiniphilus Oliphant et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

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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