Name: Secundilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Se.cun.di.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. adj. secundus, second or next, following; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Secundilactobacillus, a lactobacillus that occurs in a secondary fermentation or as a spoilage organism after primary fermenters depleted hexoses and disaccharides

Gender: masculine (stem: Secundilactobacill-)

Type species: Secundilactobacillus malefermentans (Farrow et al. 1989 ex Russell and Walker 1953) 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: Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Collins MD. Nucleic acid studies on some heterofermentative lactobacilli: description of Lactobacillus malefermentans sp. nov. and Lactobacillus parabuchneri sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 55:163-168.
  • 🧔 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 Tohno et al. (2017), Wang et al. (2024). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03385 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 17; DSM: 10; LMG: 5; CCTCC: 3; NCIMB: 3; CCUG: 2; MAFF: 2; CIP: 2; GDMCC: 2; TISTR: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Lapidilactobacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Paucilactobacillus 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: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Secundilactobacillus angelensis Zhang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Secundilactobacillus angelensis" Gu 2024	not validly published	synonym
    Secundilactobacillus collinoides (Carr and Davies 1972) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus folii Phuengjayaem et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus hailunensis Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus kimchicus (Liang et al. 2011) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus malefermentans (Farrow et al. 1989 ex Russell and Walker 1953) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus mixtipabuli (Tohno et al. 2015) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus muriivasis Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus odoratitofui (Chao et al. 2010) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus oryzae (Tohno et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus paracollinoides (Suzuki et al. 2004) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus pentosiphilus (Tohno et al. 2017) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus silagei (Tohno et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus silagincola (Tohno et al. 2017) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus similis (Kitahara et al. 2010) Zheng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Secundilactobacillus yichangensis Liu et al. 2021	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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