Etymology:N.L. fem. dim. n.Weissella, named after Norbert Weiss, a German microbiologist known for his many research contributions to the taxonomy of the lactic acid bacteria
Effective publication:
Collins MD, Samelis J, Metaxopoulos J, Wallbanks S. Taxonomic studies on some leuconostoc-like organisms from fermented sausages: description of a new genus Weissella for the Leuconostoc paramesenteroides group of species. J Appl Bacteriol 1993; 75:595-603.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 49. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:370-371.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
Padonou et al. 2010
Padonou SW, Schillinger U, Nielsen DS, Franz CM, Hansen M, Hounhouigan JD, Nago MC, Jakobsen M. Weissella beninensis sp. nov., a motile lactic acid bacterium from submerged cassava fermentations, and emended description of the genus Weissella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2193-2198.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696. Notes:
Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
In the paper by Padonou et al. 2010, the genus Weissella is erroneously cited as Weissella Collins et al. 1993.
Notes:
Zheng et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).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.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Niven CFJ, Evans JB. Lactobacillus viridescens nov. spec., a heterofermentative species that produces a green discoloration of cured meat pigments. J Bacteriol 1957; 73:758-759.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Weisella".
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of closed and open meetings, 3 September 2018, Berlin, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1521-1523.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2501-2503.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Klein G. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 22 and 23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:259-261.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Bonaparte C, Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2011, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2546-2548.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Kagermeier-Callaway AS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 4 and 6 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1391-1392.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 23 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25 Total number of child taxa: 25
Assigned by:
Schleifer K-H. Family V. Leuconostocaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 624.
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