Species Fructobacillus fructosus

Name: Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus fructosus Kodama 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fruc.to’sus. N.L. masc. adj. fructosus, pertaining to fructose [probably better: fructosicus]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fruk-to-ba-KIL-lus fruk-TO-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13162; CCUG 32246; CIP 102985; DSM 20349; IFO 3516; JCM 1119; LMG 9498; NBRC 3516; NCIB 10784; NCIMB 10784; NRIC 1058; NRRL B-2041

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680098 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Endo A, Okada S. Reclassification of the genus Leuconostoc and proposals of Fructobacillus fructosus gen. nov., comb. nov., Fructobacillus durionis comb. nov., Fructobacillus ficulneus comb. nov. and Fructobacillus pseudoficulneus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2195-2205. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus fructosus Kodama 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Leuconostoc fructosum (Kodama 1956) Antunes et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008. Publication: Endo A, Okada S. Reclassification of the genus Leuconostoc and proposals of Fructobacillus fructosus gen. nov., comb. nov., Fructobacillus durionis comb. nov., Fructobacillus ficulneus comb. nov. and Fructobacillus pseudoficulneus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2195-2205. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 48 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Endo and Okada 2008, the type strain NBRC 3516 is cited as IFO 3516. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008

Assigned by: Endo A, Okada S. Reclassification of the genus Leuconostoc and proposals of Fructobacillus fructosus gen. nov., comb. nov., Fructobacillus durionis comb. nov., Fructobacillus ficulneus comb. nov. and Fructobacillus pseudoficulneus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2195-2205. 🇯🇵

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