Species ***Lactobacillus* *crispatus***

Name: Lactobacillus crispatus (Brygoo and Aladame 1953) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Eubacterium crispatum" Brygoo and Aladame 1953

Etymology: cris.pa’tus. L. masc. part. adj. crispatus, curled, crisped, referring to morphology observed originally in broth media

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus kris-PA-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33820; CCUG 30722; CIP 102990; CIPP II; DSM 20584; JCM 1185; LMG 9479; NBIMCC 9017; VPI 3199

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y17362 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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Eubacterium crispatum" Brygoo and Aladame 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Emendations:
- Cato et al. 1983 Cato EP, Moore WEC, Johnson JL. Synonymy of strains of "Lactobacillus acidophilus" group A2 (Johnson et al. 1980) with the type strain of Lactobacillus crispatus (Brygoo and Aladame 1953) Moore and Holdeman 1970. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:426-428. 🇺🇸

Notes:
- 😷 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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 987 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.
- 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the page numbers of the paper by Cato et al. are cited as 15-21. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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 crispatus

Species ***Lactobacillus* *crispatus***