Name: Ligilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Li.gi.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. inf. v. ligare, to tie, unite; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Ligilactobacillus, a lactobacillus with a host-associated life style

Gender: masculine (stem: Ligilactobacill-)

Type species: Ligilactobacillus salivarius (Rogosa et al. 1953) 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: Rogosa M, Wiseman RF, Mitchell JA, Disraely MN, Beaman AJ. Species differentiation of oral lactobacilli from man including description of Lactobacillus salivarius nov spec and lactobacillus Cellobiosus nov spec. J Bacteriol 1953; 65:681-699.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ligilactobaciiius".
  • 🧔 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 Tohno et al. (2022). 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: 17; CCUG: 11; CIP: 9; NBRC: 6; ATCC: 6; NRRL: 4; MAFF: 2; NBIMCC: 2; IFO: 2.
  • 🧍 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 Lapidilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Latilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Lentilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Levilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Limosilactobacillus 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: 20
Total number of child taxa: 25

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ligilactobacillus acidipiscis (Tanasupawat et al. 2000) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus agilis (Weiss et al. 1982) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus animalis (Dent and Williams 1983) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus apodemi (Osawa et al. 2006) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus araffinosus (Fujisawa et al. 1986) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus aviarius (Fujisawa et al. 1985) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ligilactobacillus avistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Ligilactobacillus ceti (Vela et al. 2008) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus cholophilus Ren et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus equi (Morotomi et al. 2002) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Ligilactobacillus excrementavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Ligilactobacillus excrementigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Ligilactobacillus excrementipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Ligilactobacillus faecavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Ligilactobacillus faecis (Endo et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus hayakitensis (Morita et al. 2007) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus hohenheimensis Rios-Galicia et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus murinus (Hemme et al. 1982) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus pabuli Tohno et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus pobuzihii (Chen et al. 2010) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus ruminis (Sharpe et al. 1973) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus saerimneri (Pedersen and Roos 2004) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus salitolerans (Tohno et al. 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus salivarius (Rogosa et al. 1953) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ligilactobacillus ubinensis Heng et al. 2023	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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