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Genus Schleiferilactobacillus
Name: Schleiferilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
Etymology: Schle.i.fe.ri.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. N.L. gen. masc. n. schleiferi, of (Karl-Heinz) Schleifer, a German microbiologist and taxonomist who made seminal contributions to bacterial taxonomy; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Schleiferilactobacillus, a lactobacillus named after Karl-Heinz Schleifer
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Schleiferilactobacill-), s͡hle-i-fe-ri-lak-to-ba-KIL-lus
Type species: Schleiferilactobacillus perolens (Back et al. 2000) Zheng et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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. 
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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
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Back W, Bohak I, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Pot B, Kersters K, Schleifer KH. Lactobacillus perolens sp. nov., a soft drink spoilage bacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:354-359. 🇩🇪
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🧔 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. 🇮🇹
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; JCM: 2; KACC: 1; CCTCC: 1; NBRC: 1; LMG: 1; AHU: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Back W, Bohak I, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Pot B, Kersters K, Schleifer KH. Lactobacillus perolens sp. nov., a soft drink spoilage bacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:354-359.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Schleiferilactobacillus harbinensis (Miyamoto et al. 2006) Zheng et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Schleiferilactobacillus perolens (Back et al. 2000) Zheng et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Schleiferilactobacillus shenzhenensis (Zou et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 10494
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