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Genus Convivina
Name: Convivina Praet et al. 2015
Etymology: Con.vi.vi’na. L. masc./fem. n. conviva, guest, table companion; N.L. fem. n. Convivina, a commensal bacterium
Gender: feminine (stem: Convivin-)
Type species: Convivina intestini Praet et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Praet J, Meeus I, Cnockaert M, Houf K, Smagghe G, Vandamme P. Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1337-1349. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Praet et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010.
Publication:
Praet J, Meeus I, Cnockaert M, Houf K, Smagghe G, Vandamme P. Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1337-1349.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hettiarachchi et al. (2023). 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: LMG: 2; CECT: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Praet et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010.
Publication:
Praet J, Meeus I, Cnockaert M, Houf K, Smagghe G, Vandamme P. Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1337-1349.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Convivina intestini Praet et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Convivina praedatoris Hettiarachchi et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 518754
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