Name: Apilactobacillus apisilvae Oliphant et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.pi.sil’vae. L. gen. fem. n. apis, bee; L. fem. n. silva, forest; N.L. gen. fem. n. apisilvae, forest bee, pertaining to the bush bee Austroplebeia australis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-pi-lak-to-ba-KIL-lus a-pi-SIL-wa͡e, masculine

Type strain: LMG 32133; NBRC 114991; SG5_A10

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16S rRNA gene: OM986478 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oliphant SA, Watson-Haigh NS, Sumby KM, Gardner J, Groom S, Jiranek V. Apilactobacillus apisilvae sp. nov., Nicolia spurrieriana gen. nov. sp. nov., Bombilactobacillus folatiphilus sp. nov. and Bombilactobacillus thymidiniphilus sp. nov., four new lactic acid bacterial isolates from stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria and Austroplebeia australis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5588. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5681.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Apilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Oliphant SA, Watson-Haigh NS, Sumby KM, Gardner J, Groom S, Jiranek V. Apilactobacillus apisilvae sp. nov., Nicolia spurrieriana gen. nov. sp. nov., Bombilactobacillus folatiphilus sp. nov. and Bombilactobacillus thymidiniphilus sp. nov., four new lactic acid bacterial isolates from stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria and Austroplebeia australis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5588. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 30157