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Species Lactobacillus apis

Name: Lactobacillus apis Killer et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a’pis. L. gen. fem. n. apis, of/from a honey bee, the genus name of the true honey bee Apis mellifera L. referring to the insect host of the first strains

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus A-pis, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8403; LMG 26964; R4B

16S rRNA gene: KF386017 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Killer J, Dubna S, Sedlacek I, Svec P. Lactobacillus apis sp. nov., from the stomach of honeybees (Apis mellifera), having an in vitro inhibitory effect on the causative agents of American and European foulbrood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:152-157. 🇨🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • 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 21 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.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Killer J, Dubna S, Sedlacek I, Svec P. Lactobacillus apis sp. nov., from the stomach of honeybees (Apis mellifera), having an in vitro inhibitory effect on the causative agents of American and European foulbrood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:152-157. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 791484