Name: Fructilactobacillus myrtifloralis Oliphant et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: myr.ti.flo.ra’lis. L. fem. n. myrtus, myrtle tree; L. masc./fem. adj. floralis, belonging to flowers; N.L. masc. adj. myrtifloralis, pertaining to the myrtle flower where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fruk-ti-lak-to-ba-KIL-lus myr-ti-flo-RA-lis, masculine

Type strain: KI16_H9; LMG 32131; NBRC 114989

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16S rRNA gene: ON545727 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oliphant SA, Watson-Haigh NS, Sumby KM, Gardner JM, Jiranek V. Fructilactobacillus cliffordii sp. nov., Fructilactobacillus hinvesii sp. nov., Fructilactobacillus myrtifloralis sp. nov., Fructilactobacillus carniphilus sp. nov. and Fructobacillus americanaquae sp. nov., five novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from insects or flowers of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5730. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

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: Fructilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Oliphant SA, Watson-Haigh NS, Sumby KM, Gardner JM, Jiranek V. Fructilactobacillus cliffordii sp. nov., Fructilactobacillus hinvesii sp. nov., Fructilactobacillus myrtifloralis sp. nov., Fructilactobacillus carniphilus sp. nov. and Fructobacillus americanaquae sp. nov., five novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from insects or flowers of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5730. 🇦🇺

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