Name: Periweissella Bello et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.ri.weis.sel’la. Gr. prep. peri, about, around or nearby; N.L. fem. dim. n. Weissella, a bacterial genus named after Norbert Weiss, a German microbiologist; N.L. fem. dim. n. Periweissella, a genus about or nearby Weissella

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Periweissell-), pe-ri-we͡is-SEL-la

Type species: Periweissella ghanensis (De Bruyne et al. 2008) Bello et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bello S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of Leuconostocaceae species: identification of molecular signatures specific for the genera Leuconostoc, Fructobacillus and Oenococcus and proposal for a novel genus Periweissella gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5284. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bello et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010. Publication: Bello S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of Leuconostocaceae species: identification of molecular signatures specific for the genera Leuconostoc, Fructobacillus and Oenococcus and proposal for a novel genus Periweissella gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5284. 🇨🇦
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Weissella Collins et al. 1994. Publication: De Bruyne K, Camu N, Lefebvre K, De Vuyst L, Vandamme P. Weissella ghanensis sp. nov., isolated from a Ghanaian cocoa fermentation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2721-2725. 🇧🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Periweisslla".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 4; DSM: 4; CCUG: 2; NBRC: 1; JCM: 1; KACC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Periweissella beninensis (Padonou et al. 2010) Bello et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Periweissella cryptocerci (Heo et al. 2019) Bello et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Periweissella fabalis (Snauwaert et al. 2013) Bello et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Periweissella fabaria (De Bruyne et al. 2010) Bello et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Periweissella ghanensis (De Bruyne et al. 2008) Bello et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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