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Species "Bacterium lactis"
Name: "Bacterium lactis" Lister 1873
Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19435; CCUG 32211; CCUG 7980; CIP 70.56; DSM 20481; HAMBI 1591; JCM 5805; LMG 6890; NBIMCC 4000; NBRC 100933; NCDO 604; NCFB 604; NCIB 6681; NCIMB 6681; NCTC 6681; VKM B-1662
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16S rRNA gene:
M58837
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Original publication: Lister J. A further contribution to the natural history of bacteria and the germ theory of fermentative changes. Quarterly Journal of Microbiological Science 1873; 13:380-408.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Lactococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Schleifer et al. 1986
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Streptococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Löhnis 1909 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Lactobacillus xylosus Kitahara 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Lactococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Schleifer et al. 1986 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Streptococcus lactis subsp. diacetilactis (ex Matuszewski et al. 1936) Garvie and Farrow 1982 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
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Notes:
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⏰ According to Schleifer et al. (1985), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus xylosus Kitahara 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Bälz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.
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⏰ According to Schleifer et al. (1985), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus xylosus Kitahara 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Bälz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.
Parent taxon: "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831
Assigned by: Lister J. A further contribution to the natural history of bacteria and the germ theory of fermentative changes. Quarterly Journal of Microbiological Science 1873; 13:380-408.
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Record number: 4136
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