Species Lactobacillus confusus

Name: Lactobacillus confusus (Holzapfel and Kandler 1969) Sharpe et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Lactobacillus coprophilus subsp. confusus" Holzapfel and Kandler 1969

Etymology: con.fu’sus. L. masc. part. adj. confusus, confused, an allusion to its original confusion with Leuconostoc

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 10881; BCRC 14002; CCRC 14002; CCUG 30113; CIP 103172; CIP 54.169; DSM 20196; JCM 1093; LMG 9497; NCDO 1586; NCFB 1586; NCIB 9311; NCIMB 9311; NRRL B-1064; TCC 10881

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB682449 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sharpe ME, Garvie EI, Tilbury RH. Some slime-forming heterofermentative species of the genus Lactobacillus. Appl Microbiol 1972; 23:389-397.

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: Weissella confusa corrig. (Holzapfel and Kandler 1969) Collins et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Weissella confusa corrig. (Holzapfel and Kandler 1969) Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Lactobacillus coprophilus subsp. confusus" Holzapfel and Kandler 1969	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
Lactobacillus confusa (Holzapfel and Kandler 1969) Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus confusus 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+". — 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 26 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sharpe ME, Garvie EI, Tilbury RH. Some slime-forming heterofermentative species of the genus Lactobacillus. Appl Microbiol 1972; 23:389-397.

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Species Lactobacillus confusus