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Genus Periweissella
Name: Periweissella Bello et al. 2022
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
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. 
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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
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Notes:
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🧕 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. 🇨🇦
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🚋 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.
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🧕 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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Parent taxon: Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 26483
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