Name: Paralactobacillus Leisner et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.lac.to.ba.cill’us Gr. pref. para-, resembling; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Paralactobacillus, resembling the genus Lactobacillus

Gender: masculine

Type species: Paralactobacillus selangorensis Leisner et al. 2000

Valid publication: Leisner JJ, Vancanneyt M, Goris J, Christensen H, Rusul G. Description of Paralactobacillus selangorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new lactic acid bacterium isolated from chili bo, a Malaysian food ingredient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:19-24.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published, conserved name

• Emendations:
  • Zheng et al. 2020 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. 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.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Paralactobacillus selangorensis Zheng et al. 2020	validly published, illegitimate name	synonym
    Paralactobacillus selangorensis Leisner et al. 2000	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

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