Name: Lactosphaera Janssen et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lac.to.sphae’ra. L. gen. neut. n. lactis, milk [used because of its association with lactic acid fermentation]; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a sphere; N.L. fem. n. Lactosphaera, a lactic acid-producing sphere

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Lactosphaer-), lak-to-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Lactosphaera pasteurii (Schink 1985) Janssen et al. 1995

Valid publication: Janssen PH, Evers S, Rainey FA, Weiss N, Ludwig W, Harfoot CG, Schink B. Lactosphaera gen. nov., a new genus of lactic acid bacteria, and transfer of Ruminococcus pasteurii Schink 1984 to Lactosphaera pasteurii comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:565-571. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984. Publication: Liu JR, Tanner RS, Schumann P, Weiss N, McKenzie CA, Janssen PH, Seviour EM, Lawson PA, Allen TD, Seviour RJ. Emended description of the genus Trichococcus, description of Trichococcus collinsii sp. nov., and reclassification of Lactosphaera pasteurii as Trichococcus pasteurii comb. nov. and of Ruminococcus palustris as Trichococcus palustris comb. nov. in the low-G+C gram-positive bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1113-1126. 🇦🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lactosphera".
  • ❗ Lactosphaera is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02693 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lactosphaera pasteurii (Schink 1985) Janssen et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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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