Name: Companilactobacillus metriopterae (Chiba et al. 2018) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus metriopterae Chiba et al. 2018

Etymology: me.tri.o.pte’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. metriopterae, of Metrioptera, the genus of grasshoppers from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 103730; Hime 5-1; JCM 31635

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC190736 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
    Lactobacillus terrae Kim et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus metriopterae Chiba et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Zhao and Gu (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus terrae Kim et al. 2018. Publication: Zhao W, Gu CT. Lactobacillus terrae is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus metriopterae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1597-1600.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2630-2631.

Parent taxon: Companilactobacillus 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: 10618