Name: Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Car.no.bac.te’ri.um. L. fem. n. caro (gen. carnis), flesh; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Carnobacterium, flesh rodlet

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Carnobacteri-), kar-no-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Carnobacterium divergens (Holzapfel and Gerber 1984) Collins et al. 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Carnobacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family III. Carnobacteriaceae fam. 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. 549. 🇧🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holzapfel WH, Gerber ES. Lactobacillus divergens sp. nov., a New Heterofermentative Lactobacillus Species Producing L(+)-Lactate. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:522-534.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Carnobacteriumas"; "Carnobacterrum"; "Carnobacterum"; "Caurnobacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Carnobacteria".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2501-2503.
  • 🧔 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 13; JCM: 12; ATCC: 10; CIP: 9; CCUG: 9; LMG: 8; NRRL: 5; NCIMB: 4; NBRC: 4; IFO: 4.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "COBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:2672.
  • 🧍 The name of the fourth author was spelled incorrectly as S. Ferusu. The correct spelling is S. Feresu. — Parte A. Personal communication, 2008-08-15.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Carnobacterium alterfunditum Franzmann et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium antarcticum Zhu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium divergens (Holzapfel and Gerber 1984) Collins et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium funditum Franzmann et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium gallinarum Collins et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Carnobacterium gilichinskyi" Leonard et al. 2013	not validly published	synonym
    Carnobacterium iners Snauwaert et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium inhibens Jöborn et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium jeotgali Kim et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium maltaromaticum corrig. (Miller et al. 1974) Mora et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium mobile Collins et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium piscicola (Hiu et al. 1984) Collins et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Carnobacterium pleistocenium Pikuta et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium viridans Holley et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Carnobacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family III. Carnobacteriaceae fam. 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. 549. 🇧🇪

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