Name: Paucilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pau.ci.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. adj. paucus, few; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Paucilactobacillus, a lactobacillus that ferments few carbohydrates

Gender: masculine (stem: Paucilactobacill-)

Type species: Paucilactobacillus vaccinostercus (Kozaki and Okada 1983) 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: Leisner JJ, Vancanneyt M, Lefebvre K, Vandemeulebroecke K, Hoste B, Vilalta NE, Rusul G, Swings J. Lactobacillus durianis sp. nov., isolated from an acid-fermented condiment (tempoyak) in Malaysia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:927-931.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Okada S, Suzuki Y, Kozaki M. A new heterofermentative Lactobacillus species with meso-diaminopimelic acid in peptidoglycan, Lactobacillus vaccinostercus Kozaki and Okada sp. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1979; 25:215-221.
  • 🧔 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 Liu and Gu (2019). 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: LMG: 6; DSM: 5; JCM: 4; NCIMB: 3; CCUG: 3; CIP: 2; ATCC: 2; NRIC: 1; KCTC: 1; CCM: 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 Companilactobacillus 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 Lentilactobacillus 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 Secundilactobacillus 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: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Paucilactobacillus hokkaidonensis (Tohno et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucilactobacillus kaifaensis (Liu and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucilactobacillus nenjiangensis (Gu et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucilactobacillus oligofermentans (Koort et al. 2005) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucilactobacillus suebicus (Kleynmans et al. 1989) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucilactobacillus vaccinostercus (Kozaki and Okada 1983) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucilactobacillus wasatchensis (Oberg et al. 2016) Zheng et al. 2020	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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