Name: Companilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Com.pani.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. M.L. n. companio, friend, partner; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Companilactobacillus, Companion-lactobacillus, the name refers to the association of Companilactobacillus species with other lactobacilli, particularly heterofermentative organisms, in cereal and vegetable fermentations [114]

Gender: masculine (stem: Companilactobacill-)

Type species: Companilactobacillus alimentarius (Reuter 1983 ex Reuter 1970) 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: Reuter G. Lactobacillus alimentarius sp. nov., nom rev. and Lactobacillus farciminis sp. nov., nom. rev. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:277-279.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Companilactobactillus".
  • 🧔 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 Zhang et al. (2024). 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: JCM: 18; DSM: 18; LMG: 17; NCIMB: 9; KCTC: 8; CCM: 8; CCUG: 6; CIP: 5; NBRC: 5; BCRC: 5.
  • 🧍 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: 35
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37
Total number of child taxa: 38

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Companilactobacillus alimentarius (Reuter 1983 ex Reuter 1970) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus allii (Jung et al. 2017) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus baiquanensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus bobalius (Mañes-Lázaro et al. 2008) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus crustorum (Scheirlinck et al. 2007) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus farciminis (Reuter 1983 ex Reuter 1970) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus formosensis (Chang et al. 2015) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus furfuricola (Irisawa et al. 2014) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus futsaii (Chao et al. 2012) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus ginsenosidimutans Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus halodurans Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus heilongjiangensis (Gu et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus huachuanensis (Fu and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus hulinensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus insicii (Ehrmann et al. 2016) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus jidongensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus kedongensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus keshanensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus kimchiensis (Kim et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus kimchii (Yoon et al. 2000) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus metriopterae (Chiba et al. 2018) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus mindensis (Ehrmann et al. 2003) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus mishanensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus muriivasis Zhang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus musae (Chen et al. 2017) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus nantensis (Valcheva et al. 2006) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus nodensis (Kashiwagi et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus nuruki (Heo et al. 2018) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus pabuli Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus paralimentarius (Cai et al. 1999) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Companilactobacillus pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Companilactobacillus salsicarnum Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Companilactobacillus suantsaicola Mattarelli et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Companilactobacillus suantsaicola Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus tucceti (Chenoll et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus versmoldensis (Kröckel et al. 2003) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus zhachilii (Zhang et al. 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Companilactobacillus zhongbaensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	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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