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Species Lactobacillus fornicalis
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siblings
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- Lactobacillus acetotolerans
- Lactobacillus achengensis
- Lactobacillus acidifarinae
- Lactobacillus acidipiscis
- Lactobacillus acidophilus
- Lactobacillus agilis
- Lactobacillus agrestimuris
- Lactobacillus algidus
- Lactobacillus alimentarius
- Lactobacillus allii
- "Lactobacillus alvei"
- "Lactobacillus alvi"
- Lactobacillus amylolyticus
- Lactobacillus amylophilus
- Lactobacillus amylotrophicus
- Lactobacillus amylovorus
- Lactobacillus angrenensis
- Lactobacillus animalis
- Lactobacillus antri
- Lactobacillus apinorum
- Lactobacillus apis
- Lactobacillus apodemi
- Lactobacillus aquaticus
- Lactobacillus argentoratensis
- Lactobacillus arizonensis
- Lactobacillus aviarius
- "Lactobacillus backi"
- Lactobacillus backii
- Lactobacillus baiquanensis
- Lactobacillus bambusae
- Lactobacillus baoqingensis
- Lactobacillus bavaricus
- Lactobacillus bayanensis
- Lactobacillus bifermentans
- Lactobacillus binensis
- Lactobacillus bobalius
- Lactobacillus bombi
- Lactobacillus bombicola
- Lactobacillus bombintestini
- Lactobacillus brantae
- Lactobacillus brevis
- Lactobacillus buchneri
- Lactobacillus bulgaricus
- Lactobacillus cacaonum
- Lactobacillus camelliae
- Lactobacillus capillatus
- Lactobacillus carnis
- Lactobacillus casei
- Lactobacillus catenaforme
- Lactobacillus catenaformis corrig.
- Lactobacillus caviae
- Lactobacillus cellobiosus
- Lactobacillus cerevisiae
- Lactobacillus ceti
- Lactobacillus chiayiensis
- Lactobacillus coleohominis
- Lactobacillus colini
- Lactobacillus collinoides
- Lactobacillus composti
- Lactobacillus concavus
- Lactobacillus confusa
- Lactobacillus confusus
- "Lactobacillus coprophilus"
- Lactobacillus corticis
- Lactobacillus coryniformis
- Lactobacillus crispatus
- Lactobacillus crustorum
- Lactobacillus curieae
- Lactobacillus curtus
- Lactobacillus curvatus
- Lactobacillus cypricasei
- Lactobacillus daoliensis
- Lactobacillus daowaiensis
- Lactobacillus daqingensis
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii
- "Lactobacillus desidiosus"
- Lactobacillus dextrinicus
- Lactobacillus diolivorans
- Lactobacillus divergens
- Lactobacillus dongliensis
- Lactobacillus durianis
- Lactobacillus enshiensis
- Lactobacillus equi
- Lactobacillus equicursoris
- Lactobacillus equigenerosi
- Lactobacillus fabifermentans
- Lactobacillus faecis
- Lactobacillus farciminis
- Lactobacillus farraginis
- Lactobacillus ferintoshensis
- Lactobacillus fermentum
- Lactobacillus floricola
- Lactobacillus florum
- Lactobacillus formosensis
- Lactobacillus fructivorans
- Lactobacillus fructosus
- Lactobacillus frumenti
- Lactobacillus fuchuensis
- Lactobacillus fujinensis
- Lactobacillus furfuricola
- Lactobacillus futsaii
- Lactobacillus fuyuanensis
- Lactobacillus gallinarum
- Lactobacillus gannanensis
- Lactobacillus garii
- "Lactobacillus garvieae"
- Lactobacillus gasseri
- Lactobacillus gastricus
- Lactobacillus ghanensis
- Lactobacillus gigeriorum
- "Lactobacillus ginsenosidimutans"
- Lactobacillus gorillae
- Lactobacillus graminis
- Lactobacillus halodurans
- "Lactobacillus halophilus"
- Lactobacillus halotolerans
- Lactobacillus hammesii
- Lactobacillus hamsteri
- Lactobacillus harbinensis
- Lactobacillus hayakitensis
- Lactobacillus hegangensis
- Lactobacillus heilongjiangensis
- Lactobacillus helsingborgensis
- Lactobacillus helveticus
- Lactobacillus herbarum
- Lactobacillus heterohiochii
- Lactobacillus hilgardii
- Lactobacillus hokkaidonensis
- Lactobacillus hominis
- Lactobacillus homohiochii
- Lactobacillus hordei
- "Lactobacillus hordniae"
- Lactobacillus huachuanensis
- Lactobacillus huananensis
- Lactobacillus huangpiensis
- Lactobacillus hulanensis
- Lactobacillus hulinensis
- Lactobacillus iners
- Lactobacillus ingluviei
- Lactobacillus insicii
- Lactobacillus intestinalis
- "Lactobacillus inulinus"
- Lactobacillus isalae
- Lactobacillus iwatensis
- Lactobacillus ixorae
- Lactobacillus jensenii
- Lactobacillus jiayinensis
- Lactobacillus jidongensis
- "Lactobacillus jinshani"
- Lactobacillus jixianensis
- Lactobacillus johnsonii
- Lactobacillus juensis
- Lactobacillus kaifaensis
- Lactobacillus kalixensis
- Lactobacillus kandleri
- Lactobacillus kedongensis
- Lactobacillus kefir
- Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens
- Lactobacillus kefirgranum
- Lactobacillus kefiri corrig.
- Lactobacillus keshanensis
- Lactobacillus kimbladii
- Lactobacillus kimchicus
- Lactobacillus kimchiensis
- Lactobacillus kimchii
- Lactobacillus kisonensis
- Lactobacillus kitasatonis
- Lactobacillus koreensis
- Lactobacillus kosoi
- Lactobacillus kullabergensis
- Lactobacillus kunkeei
- Lactobacillus lactis
- Lactobacillus laiwuensis
- Lactobacillus leichmannii
- "Lactobacillus letivazi"
- Lactobacillus lindianensis
- Lactobacillus lindneri
- Lactobacillus malefermentans
- Lactobacillus mali
- Lactobacillus maltaromicus
- Lactobacillus manihotivorans
- Lactobacillus mellifer
- Lactobacillus mellis
- Lactobacillus melliventris
- Lactobacillus metriopterae
- Lactobacillus micheneri
- Lactobacillus mindensis
- Lactobacillus minor
- Lactobacillus minutus
- Lactobacillus mishanensis
- Lactobacillus mixtipabuli
- Lactobacillus modestisalitolerans
- Lactobacillus mucosae
- Lactobacillus mudanjiangensis
- Lactobacillus mulanensis
- Lactobacillus mulengensis
- Lactobacillus mulieris
- Lactobacillus murinus
- Lactobacillus musae
- Lactobacillus nagelii
- Lactobacillus namurensis
- Lactobacillus nangangensis
- Lactobacillus nantensis
- Lactobacillus nasalidis
- Lactobacillus nasuensis
- Lactobacillus nenjiangensis
- Lactobacillus nodensis
- Lactobacillus nuruki
- Lactobacillus odoratitofui
- Lactobacillus oeni
- Lactobacillus oligofermentans
- Lactobacillus oris
- Lactobacillus oryzae
- Lactobacillus otakiensis
- Lactobacillus ozensis
- Lactobacillus panis
- Lactobacillus panisapium
- Lactobacillus pantheris
- Lactobacillus parabrevis
- Lactobacillus parabuchneri
- Lactobacillus paracasei
- Lactobacillus paracollinoides
- Lactobacillus parafarraginis
- Lactobacillus paragasseri
- Lactobacillus parakefir
- Lactobacillus parakefiri corrig.
- Lactobacillus paralimentarius
- Lactobacillus paraplantarum
- Lactobacillus pasteurii
- Lactobacillus paucivorans
- Lactobacillus pentosiphilus
- Lactobacillus pentosus
- Lactobacillus perolens
- Lactobacillus pingfangensis
- Lactobacillus piscicola
- Lactobacillus plajomi
- Lactobacillus plantarum
- Lactobacillus pobuzihii
- Lactobacillus pontis
- Lactobacillus porci
- Lactobacillus porcinae
- Lactobacillus psittaci
- "Candidatus Lactobacillus pullistercoris"
- Lactobacillus quenuiae
- "Lactobacillus raoultii"
- Lactobacillus rapi
- Lactobacillus rennini
- Lactobacillus reuteri
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus
- Lactobacillus rimae
- Lactobacillus rizhaonensis
- Lactobacillus rodentium
- Lactobacillus rogosae
- Lactobacillus rossiae corrig.
- Lactobacillus rossii
- Lactobacillus ruminis
- Lactobacillus saerimneri
- Lactobacillus sake
- Lactobacillus sakei corrig.
- Lactobacillus salitolerans
- Lactobacillus salivarius
- Lactobacillus salsicarnum
- Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis corrig.
- Lactobacillus sanfrancisco
- Lactobacillus saniviri
- Lactobacillus satsumensis
- Lactobacillus secaliphilus
- Lactobacillus selangorensis
- Lactobacillus senioris
- Lactobacillus senmaizukei
- Lactobacillus sharpeae
- Lactobacillus shenzhenensis
- Lactobacillus sicerae
- Lactobacillus silagei
- Lactobacillus silagincola
- Lactobacillus siliginis
- Lactobacillus similis
- Lactobacillus sobrius
- Lactobacillus songbeiensis
- Lactobacillus songhuajiangensis
- Lactobacillus spicheri
- Lactobacillus suantsaicola
- Lactobacillus suantsaii
- Lactobacillus suantsaiihabitans
- Lactobacillus sucicola
- Lactobacillus suebicus
- Lactobacillus suibinensis
- Lactobacillus sunkii
- Lactobacillus suntoryeus
- Lactobacillus taiwanensis
- Lactobacillus tangyuanensis
- Lactobacillus terrae
- Lactobacillus thailandensis
- Lactobacillus thermotolerans
- Lactobacillus timberlakei
- "Lactobacillus timonensis"
- Lactobacillus tongjiangensis
- Lactobacillus trichodes
- Lactobacillus tucceti
- Lactobacillus uli
- Lactobacillus ultunensis
- Lactobacillus uvarum
- Lactobacillus vaccinostercus
- Lactobacillus vaginalis
- "Lactobacillus vermiforme"
- Lactobacillus versmoldensis
- Lactobacillus vespulae
- Lactobacillus vini
- Lactobacillus viridescens
- Lactobacillus vitulinus
- Lactobacillus wasatchensis
- Lactobacillus wuchangensis
- Lactobacillus xiangfangensis
- Lactobacillus xujianguonis
- Lactobacillus xylocopicola
- Lactobacillus xylosus
- Lactobacillus yamanashiensis
- Lactobacillus yichunensis
- Lactobacillus yilanensis
- Lactobacillus yonginensis
- Lactobacillus zeae
- Lactobacillus zhachilii
- Lactobacillus zhaodongensis
- Lactobacillus zhaoyuanensis
- Lactobacillus zhongbaensis
- Lactobacillus zymae
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Name: Lactobacillus fornicalis Dicks et al. 2000
Etymology: for.nic.a’lis. N.L. masc. adj. fornicalis, of the posterior fornix
Type strain: ATCC 700934; CCUG 43621; CIP 106679; DSM 13171; JCM 12512; TV 1018
16S rRNA gene:
Y18654
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Dicks LM, Silvester M, Lawson PA, Collins MD. Lactobacillus fornicalis sp. nov., isolated from the posterior fornix of the human vagina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1253-1258. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion.
Publication:
Goncalves-Ribeiro T, Rocha J, Ksiezarek M, Perovic SU, Grosso F, Peixe L. The status of the species Lactobacillus fornicalis Dicks et al. 2000. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3953-3954.
- 🧍 According to the CCUG, the type strain ATCC 700934 = CCUG 43621 = CIP 106679 = DSM 13171 does not fit the sequence published in the Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1253-1258. The type strain is not displayed by the DSMZ, is displayed as Lactobacillus plantarum by the CIP and the CCUG, is displayed as Lactobacillus sp. by the JCM, but it is yet displayed (October 15, 2008) as Lactobacillus fornicalis by the ATCC. Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.
Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Dicks LM, Silvester M, Lawson PA, Collins MD. Lactobacillus fornicalis sp. nov., isolated from the posterior fornix of the human vagina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1253-1258.
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Record number: 777304
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-06-23 10:08:51