Name: Lactiplantibacillus garii Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ga’ri.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. garii, of gari, the fermented cassava product from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-ti-plan-ti-ba-KIL-lus GA-ri-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 108249; FI11369; NCIMB 15148

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK011005 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus garii (Zheng et al. 2020) Diaz et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactiplantibacillus garii Mattarelli et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• 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 3 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.
  • 🧍 The IJSEM Notification List in which this name appears list states that this name is not validly published because the authors based it on a basonym that was not validly published at that time. According to Rule 27 Note 1 of the International Code of Nomenclatur of Prokaryotes (ICNP) an IJSEM Notification List “has no formal status in prokaryote nomenclature except to allow for orthographic corrections to be made”, i.e. an IJSEM Notification List is not decisive about whether or not a name is validly published. While the basonym used by the authors of the effective publication was indeed not validly published at that time, no Rule of the ICNP was cited that provides evidence that another name is not validly published when allegedly based on such a basonym. LPSN interprets this name as not being a new combination but currently sees no reason for regarding the name as not being validly published. For instance, while Rule 27 (2a) stipulates that a new name or new combination must be indicated as such it does not specify what happens if this is done incorrectly (as opposed to not being done at all). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Lactiplantibacillus 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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