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Species Lactobacillus catenaforme

Name: Lactobacillus catenaforme (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides catenaformis" Eggerth 1935

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus ka-te-na-FOR-me, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25536; CCUG 48174; CIP 104817; DSM 20559; JCM 1121

16S rRNA gene: AJ621549 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. Propionibacterium, Arachnia, Actinomyces, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 15-22.

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

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

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

Correct name: Lactobacillus catenaformis corrig. (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. Propionibacterium, Arachnia, Actinomyces, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 15-22.

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Record number: 798354