Name: Sporolactobacillus laevolacticus (Andersch et al. 1994 ex Nakayama and Yanoshi 1967) Hatayama et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus laevolacticus (ex Nakayama and Yanoshi 1967) Andersch et al. 1994

Etymology: lae.vo.lac’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. laevolacticus, referring to D-(2)-lactic acid, the only lactic acid produced by the organisms

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23492; BCRC 11598; CCRC 11598; CCUG 33623; CIP 104421; DSM 442; IAM 12321; JCM 2513; KCTC 3117; LMG 16675; LMG 6329; M 8; NBRC 102473; NCIB 10269; NCIMB 10269

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB374516 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hatayama K, Shoun H, Ueda Y, Nakamura A. Tuberibacillus calidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a compost pile and reclassification of Bacillus naganoensis Tomimura et al. 1990 as Pullulanibacillus naganoensis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacillus laevolacticus Andersch et al. 1994 as Sporolactobacillus laevolacticus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2545-2551.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus laevolacticus (ex Nakayama and Yanoshi 1967) Andersch et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18584 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Hatayama et al. 2006, the basonym is cited as Bacillus laevolacticus Andersch et al. 1994. Publication: Andersch I, Pianka S, Fritze D, Claus D. Description of Bacillus laevolacticus (ex Nakayama and Yanoshi 1967) sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:659-664.

Parent taxon: Sporolactobacillus Kitahara and Suzuki 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hatayama K, Shoun H, Ueda Y, Nakamura A. Tuberibacillus calidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a compost pile and reclassification of Bacillus naganoensis Tomimura et al. 1990 as Pullulanibacillus naganoensis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacillus laevolacticus Andersch et al. 1994 as Sporolactobacillus laevolacticus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2545-2551.

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