Original publication:
Van Tieghem P. Sur la gomme de sucrerie (Leuconostoc mesenteroides). Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique 1878; 7:180-203.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
Nomenclatural type of the family Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010.Publication:
Schleifer K-H. Family V. Leuconostocaceae 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. 624.
Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe Streptococceae Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
Zheng et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).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.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Ascococcus].Publication:
Tsenkovskii L. Gel formation of sugar beet solutions (trans. title, orig. Russian). Proceedings of the Society of Natural Sciences of the Imperial University of Kharkov 1878; 12:137-167.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Leuconosotc".
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of open and closed meetings, 19 July 2016, Dublin, Ireland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2172-2173.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Kloos WE, Hardie JM, Whiley RA. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. Minutes of the meetings, 17 September 1996, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:717-718.
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:
Klein G. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 22 and 23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:259-261.
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.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Kagermeier-Callaway AS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 4 and 6 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1391-1392.
Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Jeon et al. (2017).
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26 Total number of child taxa: 27
Assigned by:
Schleifer K-H. Family V. Leuconostocaceae 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. 624.
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