Name: Lactiplantibacillus xiangfangensis (Gu et al. 2012) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus xiangfangensis Gu et al. 2012

Etymology: xi.ang.fang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xiangfangensis, pertaining to Xiangfang, a district of Harbin city in China

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 3.1.1; DSM 27103; LMG 26013; NCIMB 14687

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM443954 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 xiangfangensis Gu et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Lactiplantibacillus pingfangensis from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

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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Record number: 10832