Species Lactobacillus brevis

Name: Lactobacillus brevis (Orla-Jensen 1919) Bergey et al. 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Betabacterium breve" Orla-Jensen 1919

Etymology: bre’vis. L. masc. adj. brevis, short

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus BRE-wis, masculine

Type strain: 14 Bb14T; Bb14; CCUG 30670; CIP 102806; DSM 20054; JCM 1059; LMG 6906; LMG 7944; NBIMCC 3448; NCTC 13728; NCTC 13768; NRRL B-4527

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB289046 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM, Murray EGD, Harrison FC. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 4th ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1934.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Levilactobacillus brevis (Orla-Jensen 1919) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Levilactobacillus brevis (Orla-Jensen 1919) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Betabacterium breve" Orla-Jensen 1919	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 14869.
- ❗ Lactobacillus brevis 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 1278 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.

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Lactobacillus brevis subsp. coagulans" Kishi et al. 1996	not validly published	preferred name
"Lactobacillus brevis var. lindneri" (Henneberg 1901) Eschenbecher 1968	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM, Murray EGD, Harrison FC. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 4th ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1934.

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Species Lactobacillus brevis