Species Lactobacillus animalis

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Bacilli Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus Lactobacillus animalis

Name: Lactobacillus animalis Dent and Williams 1983

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ni.ma’lis. L. neut. n. animal, animal; L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal (also as adjective)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus a-ni-MA-lis, masculine

Type strain: 1535; ATCC 35046; CCUG 33906; CIP 103152; DSM 20602; IFO 15882; JCM 5670; LMG 9843; NBRC 15882; NCDO 2425; NCFB 2425; NCIMB 13278; NRRL B-14176

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB326350 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dent VE, Williams RAD. Lactobacillus animalis sp. nov., a new species of Lactobacillus from the alimentary canal of animals. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:377-386. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Ligilactobacillus animalis (Dent and Williams 1983) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Ligilactobacillus animalis (Dent and Williams 1983) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus animalis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lactobacillus.
- 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 84 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 22 and 23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:259-261.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dent VE, Williams RAD. Lactobacillus animalis sp. nov., a new species of Lactobacillus from the alimentary canal of animals. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:377-386. 🇬🇧

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