Species Lacticaseibacillus zeae

Name: Lacticaseibacillus zeae (Dicks et al. 1996 ex Kuznetsov 1959) Liu and Gu 2020

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus zeae (ex Kuznetsov 1959) Dicks et al. 1996

Etymology: ze’ae. L. fem. n. zea, a kind of grain, and also a botanical genus name; L. gen. fem. n. zeae, of Zea, pertaining to Zea mais, corn

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-ti-ka-se-i-ba-KIL-lus ZE-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15820; BCRC 17942; CCUG 35515; DSM 20178; JCM 11302; KCTC 3804; LMG 17315; NCIB 9537; NCIMB 9537; RIA 482

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D86516 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu DD, Gu CT. Proposal to reclassify Lactobacillus zhaodongensis, Lactobacillus zeae, Lactobacillus argentoratensis and Lactobacillus buchneri subsp. silagei as Lacticaseibacillus zhaodongensis comb. nov., Lacticaseibacillus zeae comb. nov., Lactiplantibacillus argentoratensis comb. nov. and Lentilactobacillus buchneri subsp. silagei comb. nov., respectively and Apilactobacillus kosoi as a later heterotypic synonym of Apilactobacillus micheneri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6414-6417. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement (and not recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Lactobacterium zeae" Kuznetsov 1959	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Lactobacillus zeae (ex Kuznetsov 1959) Dicks et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.30892 (N = 28).
  • 😷 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 13 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.
  • 🧍 Lacticaseibacillus zeae (Dicks et al. 1996) Liu and Gu 2020 is illegitimate because it matches Rules 51b(1) and 51b(2) as it is based on the description of Lactobacillus zeae Dicks et al. 1996, which included the type strain of Lactobacillus casei (Orla-Jensen 1916) Hansen and Lessel 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 82. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1764-1765.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lacticaseibacillus zeae subsp. silagei Grabner et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Lacticaseibacillus zeae subsp. zeae (Dicks et al. 1996 ex Kuznetsov 1959) Grabner et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	in need of a replacement

Parent taxon: Lacticaseibacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Liu DD, Gu CT. Proposal to reclassify Lactobacillus zhaodongensis, Lactobacillus zeae, Lactobacillus argentoratensis and Lactobacillus buchneri subsp. silagei as Lacticaseibacillus zhaodongensis comb. nov., Lacticaseibacillus zeae comb. nov., Lactiplantibacillus argentoratensis comb. nov. and Lentilactobacillus buchneri subsp. silagei comb. nov., respectively and Apilactobacillus kosoi as a later heterotypic synonym of Apilactobacillus micheneri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6414-6417. 🇨🇳

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