Species Lactobacillus catenaformis

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides catenaformis" Eggerth 1935

Etymology: ca.te.na.for.mis. L. fem. n. catena, chain; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc. adj. catenaformis, chain-shaped [probably better: cateniformis]

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ621549 Analyse FASTA

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: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Eggerthia catenaformis (Eggerth 1935) Salvetti et al. 2011

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacteroides catenaformis" Eggerth 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Lactobacillus catenaforme (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Eggerthia catenaformis (Eggerth 1935) Salvetti et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Catenabacterium catenaforme" (Eggerth 1935) Prevot 1938	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus catenaformis 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, catenaforme (sic), has been corrected by Hill et al. 1984. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.

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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Species Lactobacillus catenaformis