Name: Lentilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Len.ti.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. adj. lentus, slow, sluggish, referring to the slow growth of species in the genus with lactate or propanediol as carbon course; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Lentilactobacillus, a slow [growing] lactobacillus

Gender: masculine (stem: Lentilactobacill-)

Type species: Lentilactobacillus buchneri (Henneberg 1903) 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 Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Henneberg W. Zur Kenntnis der Milchsäurebakterien der Brennereimaische, der Milch, des Bieres, der Presshefe, der Melasse, des Sauerkohls, der sauren Gurken und des Sauerteigs, sowie einige Bemerkungen über die Milchsäurebakterien des menschlichen Magens. Zeitschrift für Spiritusindustrie 1903; 26:329-332.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lentilactibacillus"; "Lentilolactobacillus".
  • 🧔 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 Oki et al. (2012), Tohno et al. (2021), Wang and Gu (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: JCM: 19; DSM: 14; NRIC: 7; CCUG: 6; CIP: 5; ATCC: 4; NBRC: 4; IFO: 3; NRRL: 2; NCIMB: 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 Bombilactobacillus 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 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 Liquorilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Loigolactobacillus 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: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 21

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lentilactobacillus buchneri (Henneberg 1903) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus curieae (Lei et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus dabitei (Li et al. 2022) Wang and Gu 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lentilactobacillus diolivorans (Krooneman et al. 2002) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus farraginis (Endo and Okada 2007) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus fungorum Tohno et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus hilgardii (Douglas and Cruess 1936) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus kefiri (Kandler and Kunath 1983) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus kisonensis (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus kosonis Chiou et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus kribbianus Bai et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus laojiaonis Zhao et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus otakiensis (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus parabuchneri (Farrow et al. 1989) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus parafarraginis (Endo and Okada 2007) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus parakefiri (Takizawa et al. 1994) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus raoultii Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus rapi (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus senioris (Oki et al. 2012) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus sunkii (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus terminaliae Phuengjayaem et al. 2025	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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