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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct 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:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Haakensen M, Pittet V, Ziola B. Reclassification of Paralactobacillus selangorensis Leisner et al. 2000 as Lactobacillus selangorensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2979-2983.
  • 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.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; LMG: 2; ATCC: 2; CCUG: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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 under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Paralactobacillus selangorensis Leisner et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.

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