Name: Carnobacterium piscicola (Hiu et al. 1984) Collins et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus piscicola Hiu et al. 1984

Etymology: pis’cis pis.ci’co.la L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; L. masc./fem. suff. -cola, inhabitant dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. piscicola, fish-dweller (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35586; B270; CCUG 34645; CIP 103158; DSM 20730; HAMBI 2234; IFO 15684; JCM 5348; LMG 9839; NBRC 15684; NCDO 2762; NCFB 2762; NCIMB 2264; NRRL B-14829

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X54268 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Carnobacterium maltaromaticum corrig. (Miller et al. 1974) Mora et al. 2003

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Carnobacterium maltaromaticum corrig. (Miller et al. 1974) Mora et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Lactobacillus piscicola Hiu et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Lactobacillus carnis Shaw and Harding 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Lactobacillus maltaromicus Miller et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Mora et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Carnobacterium maltaromaticum corrig. (Miller et al. 1974) Mora et al. 2003. Publication: Mora D, Scarpellini M, Franzetti L, Colombo S, Galli A. Reclassification of Lactobacillus maltaromicus (Miller et al. 1974) DSM 20342^T and DSM 20344 and Carnobacterium piscicola (Collins et al. 1987) DSM 20730^T and DSM 20722 as Carnobacterium maltaromaticum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:675-678.
  • According to Mora et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus maltaromicus Miller et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Mora D, Scarpellini M, Franzetti L, Colombo S, Galli A. Reclassification of Lactobacillus maltaromicus (Miller et al. 1974) DSM 20342^T and DSM 20344 and Carnobacterium piscicola (Collins et al. 1987) DSM 20730^T and DSM 20722 as Carnobacterium maltaromaticum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:675-678.
  • See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:2672.
  • The name of the fourth author was spelled incorrectly as S. Ferusu. The correct spelling is S. Feresu. — Parte A. Personal communication, 2008-08-15.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Phillips BA, Feresu S, Jones D. Classification of Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus piscicola, and some catalase-negative, asporogenous, rod-shaped bacteria from poultry in a new genus, Carnobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:310-316.

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