Name: Levilactobacillus brevis (Orla-Jensen 1919) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Betabacterium breve" Orla-Jensen 1919

Etymology: bre’vis. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 14 Bb14T; Bb14; CCUG 30670; CIP 102806; DSM 20054; JCM 1059; LMG 6906; LMG 7944; NBIMCC 3448; NCTC 13728; NCTC 13768; NRRL B-4527

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB289046 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Betabacterium breve" Orla-Jensen 1919	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Lactobacillus brevis (Orla-Jensen 1919) Bergey et al. 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Levilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020. 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.
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 14869.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 190 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Levilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

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: 10875