Name: Brevilactibacter coleopterorum Hyun et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.le.op.te.ro’rum. N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. coleopterorum, of Coleoptera, the name of the order of the beetles from which the strain was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-lak-ti-BAK-ter ko-le-op-te-RO-rum, masculine

Type strain: HDW11; JCM 33680; KACC 21335; KCTC 49320

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN099410 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hyun DW, Lee JY, Sung H, Kim PS, Jeong YS, Lee JY, Yun JH, Choi JW, Han JE, Lee SY, et al. Brevilactibacter coleopterorum sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of the dark diving beetle Hydrophilus acuminatus, and Weissella coleopterorum sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of the diving beetle Cybister lewisianus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4779. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4850.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Propioniciclava coleopterorum (Hyun et al. 2021) Li et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Propioniciclava coleopterorum (Hyun et al. 2021) Li et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Brevilactibacter coleopterorum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Brevilactibacter.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Brevilactibacter Wenning et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hyun DW, Lee JY, Sung H, Kim PS, Jeong YS, Lee JY, Yun JH, Choi JW, Han JE, Lee SY, et al. Brevilactibacter coleopterorum sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of the dark diving beetle Hydrophilus acuminatus, and Weissella coleopterorum sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of the diving beetle Cybister lewisianus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4779. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 2980